I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth

Movie

Documentary

History

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.

Date: 04/14/2005

Rating: 7.2

Cast: Othon Bastos, Alexander Calzatti, Fidel Castro, Luz María Collazo, Sergio Corrieri, Maurício do Valle, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, 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

Othon Bastos