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
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
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