The one hour and 30 minute work has a script, production and direction by Ernesto Fundora Hernández.
MIAMI, United States. – The biographical documentary feature film Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara: We are connected It will have its premiere on February 7 at the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora, in Miami. A day later, its screening is expected in Havana, according to the film’s director, the Cuban Ernesto Fundora Hernandez.
In addition, the play will have a third screening on February 12 at the Miami Theater (Medley, Florida) and a fourth on February 15 at Tower Road Ranch.
It is a documentary of one hour and 30 minutes, scripted, produced and directed by Ernesto Fundora Hernández. Its protagonists are Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, Yanelys Núñez, Amaury Pacheco and Iris Ruiz. The material was recorded in Cuba between 2016 and 2021 and post-production took place in Mexico City in November 2025.
The Cuban artivist and political prisoner Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was detained for the last time on July 11, 2021, when he tried to join the massive protests that occurred on the Island that day. He was later transferred to the Guanajay maximum security prison and sentenced to five years in prison for the crimes of “outrage to national symbols”, “contempt” and “public disorder”.
Various organizations have pointed it out as a symbol of civic resistance. Amnesty International declared him a prisoner of conscience and Human Rights Watch and PEN International have on several occasions called for his immediate release.
In 2024, the Rafto Foundation awarded him its human rights prize, and in May 2025, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) awarded him the Václav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent during the Oslo Freedom Forum.
In September 2025, the Cubalex Legal Information Center denounced that Otero Alcántara was going through “a critical health situation” as a result of “an epidemic outbreak inside the prison.” The NGO added that the political prisoner “remained a week without communicating, which increased concern about his state of health in a context of constant harassment, abuse and inhumane prison conditions.”
Cuban filmmaker Ernesto Fundora Hernández was born in Havana in 1967. After emigrating to Mexico, he founded the audiovisual company Video Vueltas. Throughout his career he has made dozens of music videos, including two for Celia Cruz.
