Seguridad
Tamara Segura, Canada, 2024, 1h16m
In Spanish and English, with English subtitles
Winner, Best Documentary, Atlantic FF, 2024
Followed by a conversation with Tamara Segura via Zoom
Saturday, 8 November 2025 – 2:00 PM
Innis Town Hall Theatre
2 Sussex Avenue Toronto, ON M5S 1J5
In her feature documentary Seguridad, Newfoundland-based filmmaker Tamara Segura—once named “Cuba’s youngest soldier” in a militia publicity stunt—portrays her troubled relationship with her father in the context of the Cuban Revolution.
When Segura accepts a scholarship to study film in Canada, the move offers crucial distance from her alcoholic father. After four years, she returns to Cuba hoping to make amends. But her father’s sudden death just days after her arrival forces Segura to explore his troubled past and the role Cuba’s highly militarized system played in his downfall.
Through a series of deeply personal on-camera interviews with her immediate family, Segura unearths long-held secrets that ultimately tell a story of resilience and profound love between family members. Seguridad artfully weaves a lifetime’s worth of still photographs into its intimate narrative, which offers a rare glimpse into the inner lives of Cubans in the post-revolutionary era.
Tamara Segura
Cuban-Canadian filmmaker Tamara Segura graduated from the prestigious International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV). Her films have received awards in Spain, Cuba, Canada, and Mexico.
Based in Newfoundland since 2012, she has collaborated with the National Film Board of Canada on several films, including Song for Cuba, Becoming Labrador, and Seguridad.
