Five Cuban men are serving prison sentences scattered throughout the United States. Their crime? Protecting their country and people against terrorism.
"Mission against Terror" is a powerful and compelling account of Cuba's struggle against terrorism and the five men's role in that struggle, when they infiltrated anti-Cuba terrorist groups based in Miami to prevent further atrocities against Cuba.
It begins with an account of 45 years of US-sponsored terrorism against Cuba, including the chilling cockpit recording of the last words from the pilot of Cubana Flight 455, the civilian passenger plane bombed out of the sky with the loss of 73 lives in 1976. It describes the arrest on spying charges of the five Cubans in 1998 and goes on to document their 'trial' in Florida which Leonard Weinglass, the eminent US civil rights lawyer calls a 'violation from start to finish.'
The film goes on to give a moving account of their draconian sentences and imprisonment, the denial of their rights in US jails and the continuing suffering of their families who are denied access to them. It includes interviews with groups and individuals involved in the fight for justice for the Five, in the US and Britain. The film is an inspiring tribute to the Miami Five's determination to fight for Cuba's sovereignty and should be seen by everyone with a concern for human right and justice. |
