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Dominican Rep. I am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth
- Original title
- Soy Cuba, O Mamute Siberiano
- Year
- 2005
- Running time
- 90 min.
- Country
Brazil- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Luz María Collazo
Sergio Corrieri
Salvador Wood
Vicente Ferraz- Alfredo Guevara
- Enrique Pineda Barnet
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Documentary | Movie Documentary
- Synopsis
- This film examines the creation and exhibition of the propaganda film I Am Cuba, a Soviet/Cuban collaboration unknown in the West until the 1990s. «Ferraz's documentary is a fascinating trip through the making of "one of the most deliriously beautiful films ever made" (L.A. Weekly): Mikhail Kalotosov's 1964 masterpiece, I Am Cuba. Requiring an unprecedented 14 months of shooting, this first and only Cuban/Soviet co-production ever made was intended as a celebration of Castro's revolution. Why then was the film rejected by Cubans and Soviets alike upon its release and shelved for more than 30 years unt il it was rediscovered and championed in the 1990s by North Americans, including Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola? Through a combination of breathtaking shots from the original film and interviews with surviving Soviet and Cuban cast and crew members, Ferraz investigates the motives behind the banning of the film. The resulting documentary, I am Cuba, The Siberian Mammoth, provides us with insights into the ideology of the Cold War, the recent history of Cuba, and the great irony of I Am Cuba which only the passage of time has been able to reveal.»
- Awards
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Sundance Film Festival: Nominated for Grand Jury Prize2005: Guadalajara Film Festival: Mayahuel Award - Best Documentary2005: Sundance Film Festival: nominated to World Cinema Jury Prize (Documentary).
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