"On the news they will say the waves are two meters. They say there are dangerous waves. Always....That it is dangerous for little boats. And you go to the Malecon and see that it is like a plate. They say that as if never, never will you have an easy getaway." - Rene
Though Cuba may be a paradise for tourists and the elite, most Cubans struggle not only to survive in a country largely cut off from global society, but to be able to leave the island.
During the Special Period, an extended period of economic crisis beginning In 1989 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, there were severe shortages of resources that transformed Cuban society.
Ondas (Waves) follows youth through Havana as they, unable to receive visas to leave the island, escape the country through electronic music and substance. Driven to live life to the fullest, they are of a generation defined by the Special Period.
