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1 November 2002 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg is heading to Cuba for the premiere of his latest film Minority Report. The Jaws mastermind will attend the premiere of the Tom Cruise-starring sci-fi flick next week, before opening a festival of his work on the Communist-run island. The director will meet Cuban filmmakers, speak to students at an international film school founded by Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez and visit Havana's main synagogue to meet Cuba's Jewish community. Spielberg's first trip to Cuba was authorised by the Bush administration under a license granted for non-commercial film-related cultural exchange and exhibition activities. The United States has no diplomatic relations with Cuba and has enforced a trade embargo against the Caribbean island for four decades aimed at toppling President Fidel Castro, in power since a 1959 revolution. The political enmity between Havana and Washington has not stopped Hollywood stars - such as Jack Nicholson, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford and Kevin Costner - from visiting the socialist worker's state. Spielberg's spokesperson Marvin Levy says, "Steven has always said that film is a universal creative medium that can reach out to people across national boundaries and cultures. He is eager to meet with the filmmaking community and the Cuban public."

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