George Feldenkreis’s constant smile keeps your eyes on the screen in the documentary “From Cuba to America,” which had its world premiere at the Miami Jewish Film Festival on Jan. 24, with two additional screenings on Monday and Wednesday.
Feldenkreis (La Habana, 1935–Miami, 2025) speaks with a smile in his voice and his eyes. For those who think they know the story of the Cuban Jewish immigrant — the businessman and philanthropist who arrived in Miami in 1961 with $70 and built a multimillion-dollar fashion empire — Perry Ellis International — the curiosity of discovering so many lives lived with such optimism is what captivates the viewer.
“His sense of humor was unmistakably Jewish,” says Jerry Levine, director of “From Cuba to America.”…