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.

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Othon Bastos

Self (archive footage)

Alexander Calzatti

Self

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)