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One of the projects Ronick is most excited about is North of Havana, a political thriller that takes place across the landscape of Cuban American relations over the course of the 20th Century. From the 1970s discos of Miami, to the nightclubs of 1940s Havana, music, intrigue and romance infuse this audacious tale.

The story begins with FBI agent Craig Benjamin summoned into a Star Chamber in 1970s Washington DC. His assignment is to uncover the identity of the leader of a major international drug cartel, which fronts a political group that Washington suspects of trying to effect regime change in Cuba.

Benjamin’s travels take him into the seedy night-life of Miami, as he investigates the history of several wealthy Cuban refugees, now ensconced in Florida. As he examines the present, he is forced to dig into the past. He begins to learn that he has not come by this assignment accidentally, and he may be much more personally involved than he ever could have suspected.

While this film project is a story-driven vehicle with musical numbers, it still examines important issues such as the nature of personal and cultural identity. In addition, it explores the role the United States has played with regard to its foreign policy with countries we have considered unfriendly. Never didactic or pointed, North of Havana allows the viewer to experience the personal effects global politics can have on the individual.

In its structure and political nature, North of Havana resembles The Godfather, Part II and Chinatown with the musical elements of Moulin Rouge, Chicago and All That Jazz.

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