I Am Cuba
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I Am Cuba is a visually striking 1964 Soviet-Cuban film renowned for its innovative cinematography and poetic portrayal of pre-revolutionary Cuba.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet-Cuban co-production
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film ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Sergey Urusevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Cuba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| depicts |
American influence in pre-revolutionary Cuba
ⓘ
social inequality in Cuba ⓘ |
| director | Mikhail Kalatozov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distribution | Milestone Films (US re-release) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Nina Glagoleva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique |
complex crane shots
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extensive use of handheld camera ⓘ |
| filmMovement |
Cuban revolutionary cinema
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Soviet cinema ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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political film ⓘ propaganda film ⓘ |
| hasSegmentStructure | episodic narrative ⓘ |
| influenced |
Francis Ford Coppola
NERFINISHED
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Martin Scorsese NERFINISHED ⓘ contemporary cinematographers ⓘ |
| initialReception | poor domestic reception ⓘ |
| language |
Russian
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| laterReception | international cult status ⓘ |
| medium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Carlos Fariñas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expressionistic camera movements
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innovative cinematography ⓘ long tracking shots ⓘ poetic visual style ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Soy Cuba
NERFINISHED
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Я — Куба NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | Cuban Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
ICAIC
NERFINISHED
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Mosfilm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| reReleasedInCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| restored | 1990s ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 141 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Enrique Pineda Barnet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yevgeny Yevtushenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | pre-revolutionary Cuba ⓘ |
| theme |
class struggle
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imperialism ⓘ revolution ⓘ |
| title | I Am Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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