Santiago Álvarez Movies
- 1974
The Four Bridges
The Four Bridges01974HD
Filmed in Cuba, a documentary about communism in Cuba
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- 1964
Cyclone
Cyclone51964HD
CICLÓN is a coverage of hurricane Flora's sweeping the Cuban provinces of Camagüey and Oriente in October 1963: the damage, the...
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- 1970
Piedra sobre piedra
Piedra sobre piedra01970HD
Documentary about the earthquake that devastated the Yungai area on May 31, 1970, which killed more than 40,000 Peruvians.
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- 1960
Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano
Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano01960HD
Documenting news all over Latin America.
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- 1974
El milagro de la tierra morena
El milagro de la tierra morena01974HD
A documentary made by Cuban journalists about the Portuguese revolution in 1974 that overthrew the dictatorship of Salazar
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- 1973
The New Tango
The New Tango01973HD
The New Tango (El Nuevo Tango) was not shown in Argentina for a long time as it deals with the ascent of Argentinean president Hector Campora in May...
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- 1966
Abril de Girón
Abril de Girón01966HD
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- 1975
The First Delegate
The First Delegate51975HD
The short film El primer delegado (The First Delegate), made by a group of ICAIC directors, recounts the moments in which José Martí...
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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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- 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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- 2010
Memória Cubana
Memória Cubana02010HD
Through the files of Cuban cinema news program Noticieros ICAIC Latinoamericanos, the documentary shows the most relevant events of the second half...
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- 2002
Rocha Que Voa
Rocha Que Voa5.72002HD
Documentary about the relationship between filmmaker Glauber Rocha and Cuba.
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- 1974
[Opening speech for the retrospective “Cuban Documentary Film”] [excerpt]
[Opening speech for the retrospective “Cuban Documentary Film”] [excerpt]01974HD
In 1974, the GDR and the Leipzig festival celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution with the “Cuban Documentary Film”...
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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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- 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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- 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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- 1973
La hora de los cerdos
La hora de los cerdos01973HD
Short film by Santiago Alvarez
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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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- 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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- 1976
Luanda ya no es de San Pablo
Luanda ya no es de San Pablo01976HD
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