Cuba has developed its own infrastructure for producing medical treatments that has a remarkable track record despite the US blockade and other material constraints. One new drug has the potential to alleviate the symptoms of Alzheimer’s.

Teresita’s Dream: Cuba’s Battle Against Alzheimer’s is a modest film about a drug for Alzheimer’s disease that breaks new ground in more than one respect. First of all, because the drug has been developed in Cuba, which is no mean feat. Second, because of its own unusual character as a documentary about the development of a drug.

Produced by Belly of the Beast, a Cuban-US media collective, Teresita’s Dream is narrated by Dr Teresita Rodríguez Obaya, a biotech research scientist whose mother suffered from Alzheimer’s. She has been instrumental in develop

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