Memória Cubana (2010)

Through the files of Cuban cinema news program Noticieros ICAIC Latinoamericanos, the documentary shows the most relevant events of the second half of the 20th century as seen by the documentary filmmakers of the island. During three decades and under the general direction of Santiago Álvarez, these moviemakers witnessed almost everything: from the shivers of the Cold War to Bola de Nieve's piano solos; from the discovery of the killing fields in Cambodia to the Carnation Revolution in Portugal. In 2009, the original negatives of Noticieros ICAIC Latinoamericanos were declared part of the "world memory" by UNESCO.

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Che Guevara

Self (archive footage)

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Iván Nápoles

Self

Jerónimo Labrada

Self

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Alfredo Guevara

Self

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Julio Batista

Self

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Osvaldo Dorticós

Self (archive footage)

J

José Massip

Self

Santiago Álvarez

Self (archive footage)

W

Walter Achugar

Self (archive footage)

Joris Ivens

Self (archive footage)

Octavio Cortázar

Self (archive footage)

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Self (archive footage)

Anne Wiazemsky

Self (archive footage)

Jean-Luc Godard

Self (archive footage)

I

Iván Nápoles

Self (archive footage)

Julio García Espinosa

Self (archive footage)

R

Raúl Rodríguez

Self

P

Pepin Rodriguez

Self

R

Rosalina Saavedra

Self

Pablo Martínez

Self

J

Julio Simoneau

Self

R

Rebeca Chávez

Self

M

Miriam Talavera

Self

D

Daniel Diez

Self

J

Julia Yip

Self

M

Maria Rojas

Self

M

Miguel Torres

Self

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

C

Carlos Puebla

Self (archive footage)

S

Samora Moises Machel

Self (archive footage)

Mário Soares

Self (archive footage)

C

Camilo Cienfuegos

Self (archive footage)

Fernando Pérez

Self

Salvador Allende

Self (archive footage)

B

Bola de Nieve

Self (archive footage)

D

Daniel Díaz Torres

Self

R

Ramón Marrero

Self

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