Santiago Álvarez Movies
- 2002

Rocha Que Voa
Rocha Que Voa5.72002HD
Documentary about the relationship between filmmaker Glauber Rocha and Cuba.
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- 1971

¿Cómo, por qué y para qué se asesina un general?
¿Cómo, por qué y para qué se asesina un general?51971HD
Documentary short about the death of Chilean general René Schneider by the CIA, following the election of Salvador Allende as president of the...
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- 1969

Take-Off at 18:00 Hours
Take-Off at 18:00 Hours01969HD
This film confronts the failures of the Cuban economy, although it is made in a Guevara-like spirit of moral exhortation rather than criticism.
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- 1973

And Heaven Was Taken by Storm
And Heaven Was Taken by Storm61973HD
A chronicle of Fidel Castro's two-month tour of ten East European and African nations in mid-1972.
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- 1972

I Am a Son of America
I Am a Son of America51972HD
Recollections of Fidel Castro's visit to Chile on November, 1971, and of the historical imperialist exploitation of Latin America.
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- 2013

El camino de Santiago: Periodismo, cine y revolución
El camino de Santiago: Periodismo, cine y revolución7.32013HD
A tribute to Santiago Álvarez, a great innovator in the language of Cuban newsreel images, presented by the ICAIC over the course of thirty...
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- 1969

Hanoi, Tuesday 13th
Hanoi, Tuesday 13th6.31969HD
In December 1967, a Cuban film crew led by Santiago Alvarez, the veteran polemicist, travelled to Hanoi. They shot the footage which constitutes this...
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- 1965

Solidaridad Cuba y Vietnam
Solidaridad Cuba y Vietnam01965HD
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- 1937

Towards Unity and Victory
Towards Unity and Victory61937HD
Political propaganda film made during the Spanish Civil War.
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- 1962

Muerte al invasor
Muerte al invasor5.31962HD
Short documentary about Cuba's resistance to American invasion.
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- 1976

Luanda ya no es de San Pablo
Luanda ya no es de San Pablo01976HD
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- 1999

Accelerated Under-Development: In the Idiom of Santiago Alvarez
Accelerated Under-Development: In the Idiom of Santiago Alvarez51999HD
A portrait of the great radical Cuban film maker Santiago Alvarez.
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- 1984

Coarse Salt
Coarse Salt51984HD
A famous composer creative in crisis and must compose a new album, but is going through a painful separation that prevents him from concentrating. In...
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- 1989

Historia de una Plaza
Historia de una Plaza01989HD
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- 1973

The Tiger Leaps and Kills, But It Will Die... It Will Die...
The Tiger Leaps and Kills, But It Will Die... It Will Die...6.41973HD
An obituary for Victor Jara, the Chilean folksinger who was murdered in a football stadium by the military junta during the days of the September...
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- 1970

The Servant's Dream
The Servant's Dream51970HD
An ordinary man goes to work in a rich household of Peru and has a dream in which he sees his boss and himself appearing as equal in front of the...
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- 1976

To Die for Your Country Is to Live Forever
To Die for Your Country Is to Live Forever01976HD
With a speech by Fidel Castro as the central theme, the effects of the terrorist attacks against the interests of the Cubana de Aviacion company are...
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- 1970

Los Ojos de Santiago
Los Ojos de Santiago01970HD
Los Ojos de Santiago retraces the filmmaking career of Álvarez, particularly his work in Vietnam and Cuba.
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- 1962

Crisis en el Caribe
Crisis en el Caribe01962HD
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- 1980

The Necessary War
The Necessary War51980HD
Alvarez' longest documentary examination of the Cuban Revolution, this contains exceptional interviews with Fidel, Raúl, Almeida, Vilma,...
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