portrait of man smoking with red and green lights
Gabriel Garcia works as a model and helps run a dance studio in Havana. He, like many young Cubans, wants more access to travel. But in a break from previous generations, he wants to live in Cuba. Gabby, born during âThe Special Period,â had learned English by watching bootlegged DVDs of American movies. He gained access to these films through an underground flash-drive delivery service in Cuba known as âEl Paquete.â Heâs one of many twenty-somethings exploring their individuality in a country built on collectivism.