His previous research has focused on themes of Caribbean tourism development, the use of audiovisual media in anthropological research, construction of Caribbean island identities, tourism, and Caribbean music. In 2007, Cubero completed a feature length ethnographic documentary called “Mangrove Music”, which has been screened in 10 international film festivals. For the past 2 years, he has been working on producing an ethnographic documentary on migrant musicians that travel continuously between Western Europe and West Africa.