Santiago Álvarez Movies
- 1966
Cerro Pelado
Cerro Pelado5.21966HD
A ship of athletes training on the rough seas becomes a symbol of Castro’s Cuba, the games projected on the backdrop of political struggle....
- 2019
Éter
Éter02019HD
- 1976
Maputo meridiano novo
Maputo meridiano novo01976HD
- 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...
- 1980
The Necessary War
The Necessary War51980HD
Alvarez' longest documentary examination of the Cuban Revolution, this contains exceptional interviews with Fidel, Raúl, Almeida, Vilma,...
- 1967
The Forgotten War
The Forgotten War51967HD
Focuses on the history of foreign intervention in Laos, first by France and then by the United States. It shows how the liberation forces of Laos,...
- 1989
Historia de una Plaza
Historia de una Plaza01989HD
- 1977
El octubre de todos
El octubre de todos01977HD
- 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.
- 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...
- 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
- 1959
El Tomate
El Tomate21959HD
- 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...
- 1966
Año 7 (Noticiero No. 290)
Año 7 (Noticiero No. 290)01966HD
- 1975
April in Vietnam in the Year of the Cat
April in Vietnam in the Year of the Cat51975HD
Documentary film on the end of the Vietnam War, the fall of Saigon and the departure of American troops, as well as a tracing of 4000 years of...
- 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.
- 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”...
- 1962
Crisis en el Caribe
Crisis en el Caribe01962HD
- 1969
Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano No. 466: Celebration of the VI Amateur World Series in the Dominican Republic. Cuba-USA Final.
Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano No. 466: Celebration of the VI Amateur World Series in the Dominican Republic. Cuba-USA Final.01969HD
¡Yankis, Go Home!
- 1968
Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano, No. 422
Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano, No. 42201968HD
In September 1968, Fidel Castro comments on the suppression of the Prague Spring in surprisingly critical terms. He opens his thunderous speech with...