Santiago Álvarez Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1937
    Towards Unity and Victory

    Towards Unity and Victory

    Towards Unity and Victory

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    Political propaganda film made during the Spanish Civil War.

    Towards Unity and Victory
  • 1975
    The First Delegate

    The First Delegate

    The First Delegate

    51975HD

    The short film El primer delegado (The First Delegate), made by a group of ICAIC directors, recounts the moments in which José Martí...

    The First Delegate
  • 1969
    79 Springs

    79 Springs

    79 Springs

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    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
  • 1965
    Now!

    Now!

    Now!

    6.2091965HD

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

    Now!
  • 1967
    Hasta la Victoria Siempre

    Hasta la Victoria Siempre

    Hasta la Victoria Siempre

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    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
  • 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
  • 1983
    Biografía de un carnaval

    Biografía de un carnaval

    Biografía de un carnaval

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    Biografía de un carnaval
  • 1976
    Luanda ya no es de San Pablo

    Luanda ya no es de San Pablo

    Luanda ya no es de San Pablo

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    Luanda ya no es de San Pablo
  • 1968
    LBJ

    LBJ

    LBJ

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    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
  • 1965
    Solidaridad Cuba y Vietnam

    Solidaridad Cuba y Vietnam

    Solidaridad Cuba y Vietnam

    01965HD

    Solidaridad Cuba y Vietnam
  • 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
  • 1959
    El Tomate

    El Tomate

    El Tomate

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    El Tomate
  • 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...
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1967
    The Forgotten War

    The Forgotten War

    The Forgotten War

    51967HD

    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,...

    The Forgotten War