December 18, 2010

SUBLIME:

WikiLeaks: Cuba banned Sicko for depicting 'mythical' healthcare system: Authorities feared footage of gleaming hospital in Michael Moore's Oscar-nominated film would provoke a popular backlash (Amelia Hill, 12/17/10, guardian.co.uk)

[T]he memo reveals that when the film was shown to a group of Cuban doctors, some became so "disturbed at the blatant misrepresentation of healthcare in Cuba that they left the room".

Castro's government apparently went on to ban the film because, the leaked cable claims, it "knows the film is a myth and does not want to risk a popular backlash by showing to Cubans facilities that are clearly not available to the vast majority of them."

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 18, 2010 1:04 PM
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