{"id":3137,"date":"2020-11-09T19:04:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T19:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=3137"},"modified":"2020-11-09T19:07:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T19:07:22","slug":"castros-spies-65th-cork-international-film-festival-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/castros-spies-65th-cork-international-film-festival-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Castro&#8217;s Spies-65th Cork International Film Festival 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-14.05.48.png?resize=742%2C507&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-14.05.48.png?w=742&amp;ssl=1 742w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-14.05.48.png?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A world premiere of a documentary by Irish filmmakers &nbsp;Ollie Aslin and Gary Lennon. <em>Castro\u2019s Spies<\/em>&nbsp;tells the story  of the Cuban Five. They where intelligence agents sent to Florida to infiltrate violent anti-revolutionary Cuban-American organisations with a history of terrorism against their former homeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If anyone has watched Wasp Network on Netflix, this is the true story behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Q&amp;A with Ollie Aslin and Gary lennon, hosted by Shane O&#8217;Sullivan (Filmmaker and Senior Lecturer, Kingston School of Art) <a href=\"https:\/\/watch.corkfilmfest.org\/corkfilmfest2020\/play\/5f78de06e2e2d2011a41a57d\/5fa04f51348a0500b34b3fdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/watch.corkfilmfest.org\/corkfilmfest2020\/play\/5f78de06e2e2d2011a41a57d\/5fa04f51348a0500b34b3fdf\">watch\/book here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.corkfilmfest.org\/corkfilmfest2020\/play\/5f78de06e2e2d2011a41a57d\/5fa04f51348a0500b34b3fdf\"> <\/a>Tickets can be got here <a href=\"https:\/\/corkfilmfest.org\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/corkfilmfest.org\/\">Cork Film Festival<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"747\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qPQYGWtUl8M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A world premiere of a documentary by Irish filmmakers &nbsp;Ollie Aslin and Gary Lennon. Castro\u2019s Spies&nbsp;tells the story of the Cuban Five. They where intelligence<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/castros-spies-65th-cork-international-film-festival-2020\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101011,"featured_media":3147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8069,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/filmaker-gary-lennon-on-his-new-documentary-castros-spies\/","url_meta":{"origin":3137,"position":0},"title":"Filmaker Gary Lennon on his new documentary &#8216;Castro&#8217;s Spies&#8217;","author":"Editorial Team","date":"April 27, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Filmmaker Gary Lennon joined Pat in the studio to discuss making this new documentary \u2018\u2019Castro\u2019s Spies\u2019\u2019 which will also be shown in cinemas around the country starting with the Light house in Dublin.Play interview here","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Documentaries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Documentaries","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/category\/documentaries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/filmaker-gary-lennon-on-his-new-documentary-castro-s-spies.webp?fit=970%2C485&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/filmaker-gary-lennon-on-his-new-documentary-castro-s-spies.webp?fit=970%2C485&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/filmaker-gary-lennon-on-his-new-documentary-castro-s-spies.webp?fit=970%2C485&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/filmaker-gary-lennon-on-his-new-documentary-castro-s-spies.webp?fit=970%2C485&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6348,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/all-spies-are-not-james-bond\/","url_meta":{"origin":3137,"position":1},"title":"\u2018All spies are not James Bond\u2019","author":"Editorial Team","date":"May 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The award winning documentary\u00a0Castro\u2019s Spies, the story of five Cuban intelligent agents sent to the United States to prevent acts of terrorism, will have its North American release on Friday, May 13, from Gravitas Ventures. 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