"8-A (Ochoa)"
1992
Directed by Orlando Jimenez-Leal

This docu-drama uses actual footage to effectively recreate the 1989 arrest, trial and firing squad execution of high-ranking Cuban general Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez. Purportedly taken in for drug trafficking, it is widely known that he was arrested for suggesting at a dinner party that Castro was at the heart of Cuba's political and economic woes. The film's title, '8-A,' reflects Ochoa's code name, and it also appeared as graffiti during his well-publicized trial.  "In its structure, urgency and tone, 8-A resembles Z" (Emanuel Levy, Variety) 84 minutes.