Cuban-born artist Carlos Luna was told from a young age that his revolutionary art would get him in trouble with Fidel Castro’s authoritarian regime.
Matt Battaglia
Matt Battaglia is the Executive Producer at Free the People. Matt has been working in creative fields for over a decade. He has worked in politics, advertising, comics, and news media. Some of the films and series he has produced at Free the People are Off the Grid with Thomas Massie, All We Have, How to Love Your Enemy, and The Constitution Line by Line with Senator Mike Lee.
Matt does all of the artwork and the bulk of the graphics for Free the People’s videos. Matt also draws comics. A sampling of his work can be found in Free the People’s Fight the Power: Comics Magazine and his latest book, Ghosts of the Carousel.
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