Yaminalina

Rum. Tobacco. Women. Only sin pays in Cuba.

Yaminalina tells the story of Yami, a young woman growing up in Cuba during one of the island's most difficult periods. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1989, Cuba descended into levels of poverty and isolation never seen before. The United States responded by tightening the embargo, hoping to provoke a hunger rebellion. At the worst possible moment, a series of storms battered the island, destroying buildings, crops, and livestock. To ...