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Wednesday, January 07, 2015

Improved Relations Between U.S., Cuba Could Ease Way for New Filming Location

Variety: President Obama’s announcement last month that the U.S. would ease some restrictions on commerce with Cuba raises a key question for American producers: Will the island develop into a filmmaking destination?

The temptation is there. After all, what better location than Cuba, a short hop from Florida, to shoot stories set in the ’50s and ’60s. Havana-bound travelers have likened the journey to time travel, because so little has changed there since Fidel Castro came to power in 1959: Vintage cars cruise the streets, rotary phones still ring, and people stroll along the old Malecon esplanade.

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