Santiago Álvarez Movies

  • 1972
    I Am a Son of America

    I Am a Son of America

    I Am a Son of America

    51972HD

    Recollections of Fidel Castro's visit to Chile on November, 1971, and of the historical imperialist exploitation of Latin America.

    I Am a Son of America
  • 1966
    Cerro Pelado

    Cerro Pelado

    Cerro Pelado

    5.21966HD

    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....

    Cerro Pelado
  • 1965
    Now!

    Now!

    Now!

    6.21965HD

    Using morgue photos, newsreel footage, and a recording by Lena Horne, Cuban filmmaker Santiago Alvarez fired off 'Now!', one of the most powerful...

    Now!
  • 1969
    79 Springs

    79 Springs

    79 Springs

    6.11969HD

    This film memorializes the leader of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh, on the occasion of his death. It narrates the story of a life which is also the story of a...

    79 Springs
  • 1968
    LBJ

    LBJ

    LBJ

    5.71968HD

    This is a montage of different images from the JFK, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy triumphs and assassinations, all three events being observed...

    LBJ
  • 1999
    Accelerated Under-Development: In the Idiom of Santiago Alvarez

    Accelerated Under-Development: In the Idiom of Santiago Alvarez

    Accelerated Under-Development: In the Idiom of Santiago Alvarez

    51999HD

    A portrait of the great radical Cuban film maker Santiago Alvarez.

    Accelerated Under-Development: In the Idiom of Santiago Alvarez
  • 1967
    Hasta la Victoria Siempre

    Hasta la Victoria Siempre

    Hasta la Victoria Siempre

    71967HD

    An obituary of Che Guevara, made in forty-eight hours to be shown at the mass meeting on the 18th October 1967 in the Plaza de la Revolucion in...

    Hasta la Victoria Siempre
  • 1980
    The Necessary War

    The Necessary War

    The Necessary War

    51980HD

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

    The Necessary War
  • 1984
    Coarse Salt

    Coarse Salt

    Coarse Salt

    51984HD

    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...

    Coarse Salt
  • 1971
    ¿Cómo, por qué y para qué se asesina un general?

    ¿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...

    ¿Cómo, por qué y para qué se asesina un general?
  • 1973
    And Heaven Was Taken by Storm

    And Heaven Was Taken by Storm

    And Heaven Was Taken by Storm

    61973HD

    A chronicle of Fidel Castro's two-month tour of ten East European and African nations in mid-1972.

    And Heaven Was Taken by Storm
  • 1962
    Muerte al invasor

    Muerte al invasor

    Muerte al invasor

    5.31962HD

    Short documentary about Cuba's resistance to American invasion.

    Muerte al invasor
  • 1975
    April in Vietnam in the Year of the Cat

    April in Vietnam in the Year of the Cat

    April in Vietnam in the Year of the Cat

    51975HD

    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...

    April in Vietnam in the Year of the Cat
  • 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...

    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...

    The Tiger Leaps and Kills, But It Will Die... It Will Die...
  • 1970
    The Servant's Dream

    The Servant's Dream

    The Servant's Dream

    51970HD

    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...

    The Servant's Dream
  • 1969
    Hanoi, Tuesday 13th

    Hanoi, Tuesday 13th

    Hanoi, Tuesday 13th

    6.31969HD

    In December 1967 a Cuban film crew led by Santiago Alvarez, the veteran polemicist, traveled to Hanoi. They shot the footage which constitutes this...

    Hanoi, Tuesday 13th
  • 2010
    Memória Cubana

    Memória Cubana

    Memória Cubana

    02010HD

    Through the files of Cuban cinema news program Noticieros ICAIC Latinoamericanos, the documentary shows the most relevant events of the second half...

    Memória Cubana
  • 1960
    Carnival

    Carnival

    Carnival

    21960HD

    Carnival
  • 1976
    Luanda ya no es de San Pablo

    Luanda ya no es de San Pablo

    Luanda ya no es de San Pablo

    01976HD

    Luanda ya no es de San Pablo
  • 1970
    El camino de Santiago: Periodismo, cine y revolución

    El camino de Santiago: Periodismo, cine y revolución

    El camino de Santiago: Periodismo, cine y revolución

    7.31970HD

    El camino de Santiago: Periodismo, cine y revolución