RADFORD HAS THEIR STORIES.
>> IT WAS A MOVEMENT THAT
STARTED ORGANIC OUT OF PAIN
AND FRUSTRATION. CALLS FOR
DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM IN
UNLIKE ANYTHING SEEN SINCE THE
COUNTRYS 62 YEAR-OLD
COMMUNIST REGIME CAME TO
POWER. CALLS SPREADING FAR AND
LEAD BY A YOUNGER GENERATION
ARMED WITH SOMETHING NEW.
>> SOCIAL MEDIA. DO YOU THINK
THIS MOVEMENT COULD HAVE
HAPPENED WITHOUT SOCIAL MEDIA,
NOT
>> 100 WILSON IS AND MICHAEL
OF THE BIGGEST HAVE BECOME
FAMOUS AS CLOSE BOYS. 2
COUSINS TURNED SOCIAL MEDIA
SENSATION WITH MORE THAN HALF
A MILLION FOLLOWERS WHO HAVE
BEEN UPLOADING VIDEOS TO THEIR
INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT FROM USERS
IN CUBA. SO THAT THE WORLD CAN
SEE WHAT DOES HAPPEN EVEN WHEN
THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN
THE INTERNET TO KEEP IMAGES OF
PROTESTERS FROM GETTING OUT.
AND THE ONLY THING THAT THEY
HAVE TO DEFEND THE SENSE HE
SAYS SOCIAL MEDIAS AND THEY
EVEN GOT INTO THEY CONTROL.
OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
SIGHT.
>> THIS MOVEMENT MOVEMENT
STARTED SOCIAL MEDIA AND ON
THE JOB, PEOPLE FOLKS WHO ARE
TIRED OF LIVING AND OUR
COMPANIES REGIME.
>> WE DONT HAVE ANY FUTURE. I
MEAN, YOU ALL HAVE REALLY BEEN
DOING THE JOB OF MANY
REPORTERS GETTING INFORMATION
GOT FROM THE ISLAND TO
EVERYONE HERE IN THIS
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. ARE
YOU SURPRISED BY THE LEVEL OF
FEEDBACK AND ENGAGEMENT YOUR
SOCIAL MEDIA POST HAVE
RECEIVED SINCE.
>> THE MEDIA AND ON THE PRESS
IN KEW ICE CONTROLLED BY THE
STATE. THEY GO A STREET IN THE
MORNING. YOU WANT TO PROTEST
THE TITLE FILM MOST WHEN THEY
CAME OUT TONIGHT, 2, 4, IN THE
MORNING. THATS WHEN THEY SENT
US TO BE THE U.S. BECAUSE
THATS WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN A
SIGNAL. WE WILL NIGHT EVERY
SINGLE DAY ON 2 FOR 5 IN THE
MORNING TALKING TO THEM. AND
YES, ITS A BIG
RESPONSIBILITY, BUT DUTY. THEY
MADE US FAMOUS. WE NEED WE
NEED TO MAKE THEM FREE.
>> I WENT BACK TO STUDY AND
LIVE IN CUBA. BACK WHEN I WAS
YOUNGER AND WHEN YOU TALK TO
PEOPLE, NO ONE WAS PUBLIC IN
THEIR CRITICISM. AND SO NOW TO
SEE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS IS
SOMETHING I COULD NEVER HAVE
IMAGINED AFTER LIVING THERE
COULD YOU NEVER, NEVER. AND IT
JUST SEEMED A NO ON GETTING
THIS MONTH.
>> I WAS TAUGHT THAT TO WHATS
GOING TO BE FREE. NEVER
THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO SEE YOU
IN MY LIFE. I SOME DAY WE WERE
IN TEARS WATCHING WHAT WAS
GOING ON BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE
ICELAND RICE CHANTING FOR
FREEDOM. THOSE MEMORIES MAKE
YOU A MOTION. OF COURSE, WHY
IM A FATHER.
>> IM A A HALF TO 2 KIDS.
WOULD GIVE MY LIFE FOR THEM.
IM AND I DONT KNOW WHAT WHAT
WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN
>> IF YOU WILL SEE MY KIDS LED
THEM THATS WHY THEYRE
MEETING WITH LAWMAKERS TO PUT
PRESSURE ON THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION CALLING FOR
CHANGE AND A ROAD MAP TO HELP
CUBANS ON THE ISLAND ACHIEVE
FREEDOM AND THEYRE NOT ALONE.
THEY NEED TO GO TOE TO TOE
CO-FOUNDED ROOTS OF HOPE IN
MIAMI TIME AND HE SAYS THIS
GENERATION AND THIS CALLS FOR
A NEW APPROACH HIS
ORGANIZATION IS RAISING FUNDS
AND AWARENESS TO AMPLIFY THE
VOICES OF YOUNG CUBANS, THE
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE THE TRUE
AGENT OF
>> ARE MORE EMPOWERED AND MORE
EMBOLDENED THAN EVER AND I
TRULY BELIEVE THIS IS THE
BEGINNING OF THE END OF THIS
CUBAN REGIME. WHY IS THE
YOUNGER GENERATION SO
IMPORTANT TO THIS IS THAT THE
ONES LEADING THIS CHARGE.
>> AND THAT BRICKS THAT HAVE
SPARKED THIS AFRO CUBAN
BROTHERS AND SISTERS THEY ARE
THEY ARE ARTISTS THAT ARE
USING THEIR PART TO INSPIRE A
NEW GENERATION. THEY ARE NOT
YOUR TYPICAL POLITICIANS OR
ACTIVISTS. AND I THINK ITS
OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP
AMPLIFY THOSE VOICES AND MAKE
SURE THAT THEYRE NOT DROWNED
OUT IN THIS PROCESS. AND THEY
SAY THEYRE NOT STOPPING UNTIL
EVERYONE.