Hector Amaya is an assistant professor of media studies at the University of Virginia.

"Truly groundbreaking. Amaya's provocative and illuminating analysis uses a Cuba-U.S. framework to address film criticism as a way of exercising political citizenship, providing a glimpse into the cultural and political effects of the Cold War." Ana Lopez, co-editor of The Ethnic Eye: Latino Media Arts "Screening Cuba joins a new generation of writings about Cuban culture and cultural politics. An original contribution to cinema reception studies."