With a budget of 420 000 euros, “Miami-Havana” is a web documentary produced by the french-german TV ARTE.
The synopsis is rather engaging :
“Follow everyday life as experienced by young men and women from Havana and Miami over three months. In Havana, revolution is no longer what it used to be. In Miami, most Cubans have become Americans. Times have changed and new hopes and aspirations fuel the future of a new generation.
The stories of young lives in these two cities are told through short (2 minutes long) video chronicles. The individual subjects (12 in all), will be filmed by a team in Havana (Cuba) and a team in Miami (USA). These episodes will follow six people from each of the two cities over three months, starting on February 22nd, 2010.
Internet users can follow these stories via an original non-linear interface. They can watch, and respond with video, photo or written comments. Users can also send videos to friends and embed them into their own blogs and social media sites”.
You can choose your own narration and navigate by people, topics or timeline. Nothing revolutionary but a beautiful execution and a very friendly navigation. A nice punch on the nose of this Big Media Epitaph for Webisodes.
You can find all the web documentaries produced by ARTE on its dedicated website.
