THE MAGICIAN, EL MAGO, By Matias De Rada, Beautiful Destinations

The inspiring story of Daisel Cabriada Díaz, a young boxer in Havana, Cuba who follows his true calling to become a magician. DIRECTORS NOTES Cory Martin and I decided to go to Cuba on a whim. We had just wrapped another Beautiful Destinations project, and we had never been to Cuba. I suggested spending the weekend there before heading back to the office in New York on Monday. On our first day in Havana, we heard Daisel listening to hip hop music right outside a boxing gym. Since I love to dance myself, I approached him and started dancing with him. Right off the bat we were able to communicate through dance and I felt a deeper connection to him. As soon as we stopped dancing, he randomly pulled out a deck of cards and started to perform magic tricks. To our surprise, he was an extremely talented magician as well. After speaking to Daisel for thirty minutes, and asking him questions about his journey with magic, I said to Cory, We should come back and tell his story. Three