Write a brief biography of either David or Diego, the men in the film, Strawberry & Chocolate. What has become of him in the last 10–15 years?
I had to adapt this blog to fit the film I watched and since neither character is a real person, like Eva Peron, I had to be a bit more creative.
Diego Bio (didn't catch his last name)
March 1974: Diego immigrates to Miami.
September 1974: Diego enrolls in the University of Miami to study art history and linquistics.
1977: Singer Anita Bryant launches her Save Our Children campaign in Miami-Dade County, leading to repeal of anti-discrimination measures for gays. (http://www.nndb.com/people/177/000024105/)
May 1978: Diego graduates form the U of Miami with a double major. Goes to work as a custodian in an art museum to earn money to open his own museum displaying Cuban art and literature. Lives in the custodial apartment free of charge in exchange for also leading tours in the museum's Cuban section.
August 1978: Contacts David Cruz, his good friend still living in Cuba who is now a sociology professor at the University of Havana, to set up connections for importing Cuban art.
September 1978: Travels with other gays to California to rally against Anita Bryant's anti-gay appearances and her support of the Briggs Initiative (an initiative on the California State Ballot in 1978 banning gays from teaching in public schools). The initiative was overwhelmingly defeated. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_6_(November_1978)
April 5, 1980: Miami's Cuban Museum of Art and Culture opens a permanent collection of work by Cuban artists. Diego is hired as concierge. June 1, 1984: Diego is appointed director of traveling exhibits at Miami's Cuban Museum of Art and Culture and begins hosting a number of traveling Cuban exhibitions throughout the year.
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