{"id":6348,"date":"2022-05-22T14:57:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T14:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=6348"},"modified":"2022-05-22T14:57:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T14:57:33","slug":"all-spies-are-not-james-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/all-spies-are-not-james-bond\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018All spies are not James Bond\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/CastrosSpies_A1PosterPortrait_web2.webp?resize=747%2C428&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/CastrosSpies_A1PosterPortrait_web2.webp?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/CastrosSpies_A1PosterPortrait_web2.webp?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The award winning documentary&nbsp;<em><strong>Castro\u2019s Spies<\/strong><\/em>, 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cuban Five garnered international attention following their unjust imprisonment in the United States for their efforts to prevent violent anti-revolutionary groups in Florida from conducting terrorist acts against the island. The five agents were eventually released, the last three set free during the thaw in relations under the Obama administration in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The documentary is now available on pre-order&nbsp;from Apple TV and itunes at this link \u2014&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3JTuZYI\">https:\/\/apple.co\/3JTuZYI<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From their recruitment, training and eventual capture on US soil this film peers into a secret world of false identities, love affairs and betrayal. Using never seen before footage from the Cuban Film Institute\u2019s archive and first-hand testimony from the people at the heart of this story,&nbsp;<em><strong>Castro\u2019s Spies<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;gives a rare glimpse into the shadowy world of a spy \u2013 where the stakes are life and death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winner of the best international documentary at the Melbourne Film Festival,&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><em>Castro\u2019s Spies<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;has been the official selection at more than a dozen festivals, including Cork Film Festival, Glasgow Film Festival, Doc Edge New Zealand, Doc Lisboa Portugal, Prague International Film Festival and Inverness International Film Festival Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The documentary has garnered a number of positive interviews, found at&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gambitpictures.com\/castrosspiesreviews\">https:\/\/www.gambitpictures.com\/castrosspiesreviews<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Directed &amp; Produced by Ollie Aslin &amp; Gary Lennon,&nbsp;<em><strong>Castro\u2019s Spies<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;will also be released to selected theatre locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The award winning documentary&nbsp;Castro\u2019s Spies, the story of five Cuban intelligent agents sent to the United States to prevent acts of terrorism, will have its<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/all-spies-are-not-james-bond\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101011,"featured_media":6349,"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-6348","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":6348,"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":3137,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/castros-spies-65th-cork-international-film-festival-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":6348,"position":1},"title":"Castro&#8217;s Spies-65th Cork International Film Festival 2020","author":"Editorial Team","date":"November 9, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"A world premiere of a documentary by Irish filmmakers \u00a0Ollie Aslin and Gary Lennon. 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