'Havana Buzz' was shot in 2015 in Havana, Cuba. Once a majestic and cosmopolitan city at the heart of the Spanish colonial empire, then a playground for rich and powerful Americans in the first half of the 20th century, since the late 1950s Havana has been the capital of one of the last remaining socialist regimes in the world. This historical U-turn is at the core of Havana’s unique identity. The anti-urban character of Cuba’s communist rule, and the inflexible embargo imposed by the United States cast a paralyzing spell on the lavish metropolis, freezing it in time.
