I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth (2005)
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)
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage)
Sergio Corrieri
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Maurício do Valle
Self (archive footage)
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Luc Godard
Self (archive footage)
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Self (archive footage)
Enrique Pineda Barnet
Self
Glauber Rocha
Self (archive footage)
Salvador Wood
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