Arts and Music

Birthright

Birthright follows Cuban American electro-funk musicians, Cristy ‘Cuci’ Garcia and Tony ‘Smurphio’ Laurencio on their first trip to Cuba. In desperate straits, sixty years prior, their parents had left the island as political exiles. In 2016, the dynamic Miami-based duo, known as Afrobeta, were invited ‘back’ to perform in Havana.

Birthright

56m 48s

Birthright follows Cuban American electro-funk musicians, Cristy ‘Cuci’ Garcia and Tony ‘Smurphio’ Laurencio on their first trip to Cuba. In desperate straits, sixty years prior, their parents had left the island as political exiles. In 2016, the dynamic Miami-based duo, known as Afrobeta, were invited ‘back’ to perform in Havana.

Episodes

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    Birthright

    56m 48s

    Birthright follows Cuban American electro-funk musicians, Cristy ‘Cuci’ Garcia and Tony ‘Smurphio’ Laurencio on their first trip to Cuba. In desperate straits, sixty years prior, their parents had left the island as political exiles. In 2016, the dynamic Miami-based duo, known as Afrobeta, were invited ‘back’ to perform in Havana.

Schedule

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    Birthright

    Thursday
    Oct 3

    1 Hour

    Cuban American electro-funk musicians Cristy "Cuci" Garcia and Tony "Smurphio" Laurencio visit Cuba for the first time since President Barack Obama signed a treaty to renew normalized relations with Cuba's leadership.

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