Tent City

Tent City

1981 · 31 min · Documentary

The story of a group of Cubans who arrived in Miami during the Mariel Boatlift and were housed in an improvised camp in the heart of the city. Everyone lived together —men and women, homosexuals and heterosexuals, separated only by cloth curtains that hung from ropes suspended between the beds, like floating walls.

Directed by Miñuca Villaverde · Written by Miñuca Villaverde

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