Jordan Allot

Oscar’s Cuba, produced by In Altum Productions, is a 60-minute documentry that will help spread the message and story of Dr. Oscar Biscet, a prisoner of conscience currently serving a 25-year prison sentence in Cuba for his promotion of human rights. Oscar’s Cuba will highlight the courage, faith and hope of Dr. Biscet and others working for democracy on the island. The goals of Oscar’s Cuba include raising public awareness about the plight of the Cuban people, helping individuals to stand and work in solidarity with those unjustly imprisoned and, ultimately, helping to secure the release of Dr. Biscet and all of Cuba’s prisoners of conscience.

• To raise public awareness among all freedom loving people concerning the plight of Dr. Oscar Biscet, all prisoners of conscience in Cuba and the Cuban people in general. A special emphasis will be made to engage those of non-Cuban ancestry, as most outside of the Cuban community have not heard of Dr. Biscet or the realty of today’s Cuba.
• To provide an opportunity for solidarity between Cuban political prisoners and non-Cuban Americans.
• To help secure the release of Dr. Biscet and all of Cuba’s prisoners of conscience.

• To produce and distribute a 90-minute documentary video, currently entitled, Oscar’s Cuba.
  (Specific distribution goals detailed in distribution plan.)
• To create and maintain a website to promote both the documentary video and the cause of Dr. Biscet and all Cuban political prisoners. Website would include (among other things):
  • Clips, still photos and other miscellaneous information from the documentary
  • Written and video testimony from ex-Cuban political prisoners
  • Screening and presentation schedule
  • Links to other groups supporting freedom for Cuba’s political prisoners
  • Sample “letters to the editor” and “letters to Congressmen” concerning issues relating to Cuba’s political prisoners
  • Organized prayer groups
  • Materials to download and print
  • List of events regarding freedom for Cuba’s prisoners of conscience taking place around the world
• To make presentations to interested groups. Presentations would include some or all of the following:
  • Screening of Oscar’s Cuba
  • Testimony and talks by ex-Cuban political prisoners
  • Question and answer session on Oscar Biscet and the current situation of political prisoners in Cuba
  • An in-depth explanation of the opportunities that exist for individuals to make a difference
  • A short list of potential audiences for presentations:
  • Catholic universities/high schools
  • Pro-life and conservative political groups and events
  • Human rights conferences
  • Catholic conferences
  • Non-denominational Christian churches and church groups
  • Public Universities and student human rights groups

Executive Producer/Director, Jordan Allott
Jordan Allott is the Executive Producer for In Altum Productions, a Washington D.C. based production company. Through In Altum Productions, Jordan has produced and distributed a number of Catholic educational videos with the Community of St. John’s Father Antoine Thomas. In Altum Productions has also produced projects that involve mountain climbing, Ecumenism and North American politics. In Altum Productions is currently finishing up work on a number of projects, including a video documenting an ecumenical pilgrimage across Europe with both Catholics and Lutherans from Toledo, Ohio and a moving and reflective video entitled “Suffering and Our Lady of Sorrows” with Fr. Benedict Groeschel of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. IAP is also finishing post-production on a project that highlights the beauty and mystery of the religious vocation for women and a documentary exploring the situation of the Catholic Church in Cuba.

Jordan’s work has been seen globally on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) and has screened at several film festivals across the United States, including the Washington, D.C. Independent Film Festival. Jordan was born in Reading, England and received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Political Science, Philosophy and Film.

Associate Producer, John Gyovai
John Gyovai is a second-generation filmmaker and has worked in the film and television business since 1985. He has collaborated with numerous broadcast clients, such as Discovery Channel, National Geographic, BBC, Fox, NBC and CNN. His background includes work in film, video, production, post-production, writing and photography. John is an award winning filmmaker with a strong reputation for delivering highly creative and innovative productions. He has worked on film projects in more than a dozen countries and has a deep passion to tell stories that capture the heart and mind.

Associate Producer, Daniel Allott
Daniel Allott is senior writer and public policy analyst for American Values. Daniel joined American Values in 2004 and has written for numerous print and online publications, including the Houston Chronicle, Washington Times, the Politico, Washington Examiner and the Weekly Standard. His topics have ranged from the sanctity of marriage to genocide in Darfur to driving patterns in the developing world. His primary interest, however, is the sanctity of human life. He has also written an academic article on the link between abortion and psychological health, which he presented at the World Congress of Families IV in Warsaw, Poland, in 2007. Daniel has also appeared on regional radio talk shows to speak on topics ranging from Islamic violence to abortion. Daniel received his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English and International Relations from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his Master of Public Policy (MPP) from the Georgetown University Public Policy Institute. Daniel was born in Reading, England, and lived in a number of states and countries before settling down in Washington, D.C., in 2002.

Associate Producer, Lisa Johnson
Lisa Johnson recently started work in the film industry in the Washington DC area. She has worked in front of the camera, as well as a producer and also production on numerous projects including a sitcom pilot, a soon to be released full length feature with Ehrenkrook Entertainment and most recently a short with City Gates Productions.

Graphic Designers
Sooki Martinsen
Heather Groome

Graphic Designer
Dunn Designz

Elsa Morejon
Elsa Morejon is the wife of Dr. Oscar Biscet.
Havana, Cuba

Oswaldo Paya Sardinas
Oswaldo Paya Sardinas is the leader and founder of the Christian Liberation Movement and winner of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought from the European Parliament in 2002.
Havana, Cuba

Gorki Aguila & the Punk-Rock Band Porno Para Ricardo
Gorki Aguila and the punk-rock band Porno Para Ricardo have recently received international attention for their arrests.
Havana, Cuba

Yoani Sanchez
Yoani Sanchez is an internationally known Cuban blogger (Generation Y) and one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2008
Havana, Cuba

Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White)
Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White) is a group of wives, mothers, and sisters of Cuba’s prisoners of conscience who protest the unjust incarceration of their husbands, sons, and brothers.
Havana, Cuba

Gisela Sanchez Verdecia
Gisela Sanchez Verdecia is the wife of prisoner of conscience Antonio Díaz Sánchez and active member of the Damas De Blanco. Antonio Diaz is an electrician by trade and member of the Christian Liberation Movement. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2003.
Havana, Cuba

Yarai Reyes Marín
Yarai Reyes Marín is the wife of prisoner of conscience Normando Hernandez González, an independent journalist and Director of the School of Independent Journalists in Camaguey, Cuba. Normando was sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment.
Camaguey Province, Cuba

Dr. Angel Garrido
Dr. Angel Garrido is the Vice-President of the Lawton Foundation for Human Rights.
Miami, FL

Ambassador James Cason
Ambassador James Cason is the former Head of Missions, Cuba and U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay.

Congressman Chris Smith
U.S. Congressman Chris Smith is the Congressman of the 4th District in New Jersey.
New Jersey

Armando Valladares
Armando Valladares is a former Cuban prisoner of conscience, author of Against All Hope, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission under Ronald Reagan.

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