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. 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.

Directed by Vicente Ferraz

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TrailerSoy Cuba, o mamute siberiano / I am Cuba, the Siberian Mamm

TrailerSoy Cuba, o mamute siberiano / I am Cuba, the Siberian Mamm

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Othon Bastos

Self (archive footage)

Alexander Calzatti

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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)

Enrique Pineda Barnet

Self

Glauber Rocha

Self (archive footage)

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