Movielogr
General Assembly (1960)
Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Overview
In Asamblea general (1960), the documentary about Fidel’s address of the First Declaration of Havana in the Plaza of the Revolution, Alea practises what becomes a sustaining Cuban contribution to documentary. Engaging with Free Cinema and cinema-vérité, his camera seems to touch the faces of the new citizen one by one rather than as a single mass before a leader.
Length 14 minutes