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.
Length 91 minutes
Othon Bastos | Alexander Calzatti | Fidel Castro | Luz María Collazo | Sergio Corrieri | Mauricio do Valle | Evgeniy Evtushenko | Vicente Ferraz | Raúl García Losada | Jean-Luc Godard | Alfredo Guevara | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Mikhail Kalatozov | Enrique Pineda Barnet | Glauber Rocha | Sergey Urusevskiy | Juan Varona | Salvador Wood