EXCLUSIVE: LA-based producer MiLu Entertainment and Ian Reichbach, one of the lead writers on The Newsroom, are developing a TV series based on the Bacardi family’s experiences in 1950s Cuba.Reichbach is adapting NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten’s well-received book ‘Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba’, which fuses the story of the Bacardi family’s famous rum business with Cuba’s tumultuous experience over the last 150 years, including Cuba’s fight for freedom, its tortured relationship with America, and the rise of Fidel Castro.Andre L III of MiLu Entertainment is producing the bilingual English/Spanish series with 6GEN Films, which consists of Bacardi family members Mari Aixalá, Pepin R.
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