I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth
Contemporary film critics regard the epic film I Am Cuba as a modern masterpiece. The 1964 Cuban/Soviet coproduction marked a watershed moment of cultural collaboration between two nations.
Overview
Contemporary film critics regard the epic film I Am Cuba as a modern masterpiece. The 1964 Cuban/Soviet coproduction marked a watershed moment of cultural collaboration between two nations. Yet the film never found a mass audience, languishing for decades until its reintroduction as a "classic" in the 1990s. Vicente Ferraz explores the strange history of this cinematic tour de force, and the deeper meaning for those who participated in its creation.
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Othon Bastos
Self (archive footage)
Alexander Calzatti
Self
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage)
Luz María Collazo
Self
Sergio Corrieri
Self
Maurício do Valle
Self (archive footage)
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Self (archive footage)
Vicente Ferraz
Self
Raúl García Losada
Jean-Luc Godard
Self (archive footage)
Alfredo Guevara
Self
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Self (archive footage)
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