Revolutionary Cinema

Por primera vezz. – EcuRed



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Select Films

Memorias del subdesarrollo Memories of Underdevelopment

Sergio, a bourgeois intellectual Cuban, is alone in the wake of the Bay of Pigs. Sergio observes the constant threat of foreign invasion while chasing young women all over Havana. Based on the novel by Edmundo Desnoes.


Director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Genre Drama

Year 1968

Length 98 min.

Language Spanish

Subtitles English


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Por primera vez

In 1967 the newly formed Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica sent a crew to the mountain village of Los Mulos in Cuba to show the villagers an evening film. This was the first time most of the villagers had ever seen a motion picture. Villagers were interviewed as to their expectations in seeing the film, which included a Chaplin clip.


Director Octavio Cortazar

Genre Documentary

Year 1967

Length 10 min.

Language Spanish

Subtitles English


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Now

Montage of U.S. news films and stills that captures the repressive reaction of some authorities to the civil rights movement and the resulting suffering, frustration, and bitterness. The images are accompanied by the song, Now, which was banned on many American radio stations [From VHS case – A documentary short about racism in the United States]


Director Santiago Álvarez

Genre Documentary

Year 1965

Length 5 min.

Language English (music) and Spanish (credits)

Subtitles None


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