I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth
2005
91 minutes
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.
Top 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
