I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth (2005)

7.3/10 91 min Documentary History

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.

Cast

Othon Bastos

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

Sergio Corrieri

Self

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

Self

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