Improper Conduct (1983)

Original title

Mauvaise Conduite

Directed by

Néstor Almendros

Genre

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 52m

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary interviews Cuban refugees about the Cuban government's policy of sending homosexuals, political dissidents, and Jehovah's Witnesses to forced-labor camps. The film presents their firsthand accounts of persecution and imprisonment.

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What happens

Mauvaise Conduite or Improper Conduct is a 1984 documentary film directed by Néstor Almendros and Orlando Jiménez Leal. The documentary interviews Cuban refugees to explore the Cuban government's imprisonment of homosexuals, political dissidents, and Jehovah's Witnesses into forced-labor camps under its policy of Military Units to Aid Production (UMAP). The documentary was produced with the support of French television Antenne 2 and won the Best Documentary Audience Award at the 1984 San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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