Nature | PBSback to FilmsCuba: The Accidental Eden
The revolution goes from red to green.
90 miles south of Key West, Florida, Fidel Castro’s Cuba is crumbling. But part of this sprawling nation is thriving – not in spite of, but because of the isolation…its wild places. Now, the embargo could be lifted at any moment. Will the island’s wild creatures survive the rush to cash in on Cuba?
THE ACCIDENTAL EDEN follows scientists and researchers to Cuba’s ecological wonders as they work to protect the island’s hot spots before the exploitation begins. This rare glimpse into the secretive island also reveals how through sea turtles, birds and its marine environment, Cuba is biologically linked to the entire region…even to its political adversary, the United States. With a critical opportunity to learn from the mistakes of their neighbors, Cuba’s most lasting revolution could be not red, but green.
- Written, Produced and Directed by
- Doug Shultz
- Editor
- Mark Fason
- Director of Photography
- Ann Johnson Prum
- Underwater Cinematography
- Shane Moore
- Supervising Producer
- Peter Schnall
- Coordinating Producer
- Whitney Johnson
- Narrator
- Olga Merediz
- Associate Producer
- Andréa Borrero
- Original Music
- Gary Pozner
- Production Assistant
- Adina Pliskin
- Additional Cinematography
- Sam Griffin
- Charles Castilla
- Production Intern
- James Burke
- Sound Recordists
- Boris Ivan Crespo, Geoff Gann, Chris Ruiz
- Location Manager
- Boris Ivan Crespo
- Production Manager, Cuba
- Michael Pacino, Cuba Films Productions
- Animations
- Phlesch Bubble, Inc.
- Transportation
- Demetrio Montalvo
- Assistant Editor
- Dashiell Eckman
- Sound Design
- Brian Beatrice
- Sound Mix
- Ed Campbell
- Color Correction
- Bjorn Bellenbaum
- Production Accountant
- Rebecca Cohen
- Special Thanks
- David Guggenheim
- Fernando Bretos
- Sandra Fernandez Mesa
- Jennifer Gebelein
- —For Nature—
- Series Editor
- Janet Hess
- Series Producer
- Bill Murphy
- Executive Producer
- Fred Kaufman
- The Telegraph, Sept. 27, 2010
- "PBS’s award-winning Nature launches Season 29 with a stunning look at Cuba’s wildlife and how lack of human meddling - as well as throngs of American tourists - has made this island nation the Caribbean's environmental jewel."
- The Miami Herald, Sept. 26, 2010
- "Fascinating and lovely."
- 2011 TELLY AWARD
- Silver, Nature/Wildlife
- 2011 TELLY AWARD
- Bronze, Copywriting