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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Am Cuba canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9063768 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: I Am Cuba Context triple: [Mikhail Kalatozov, notableWork, I Am Cuba]
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A.
This Ain't Havana
"This Ain't Havana" is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones from their 1980 album *End of the Century*.
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B.
Havana Special
The Havana Special was a prominent passenger train that provided through service from the United States to Havana, Cuba, via Florida and connecting steamship routes.
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C.
Cuban Fury
Cuban Fury is a 2014 British comedy film starring Nick Frost as a former teen salsa prodigy attempting a dance-floor comeback.
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D.
Héroe de la República de Cuba
Héroe de la República de Cuba is the highest honorary title awarded by the Cuban state to individuals for extraordinary merits and heroic acts in service to the nation.
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E.
Cuban trova
Cuban trova is a traditional Cuban song style characterized by poetic, often romantic lyrics and simple guitar accompaniment, historically performed by itinerant singer-songwriters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: I Am Cuba Target entity description: 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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A.
This Ain't Havana
"This Ain't Havana" is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones from their 1980 album *End of the Century*.
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B.
Havana Special
The Havana Special was a prominent passenger train that provided through service from the United States to Havana, Cuba, via Florida and connecting steamship routes.
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C.
Cuban Fury
Cuban Fury is a 2014 British comedy film starring Nick Frost as a former teen salsa prodigy attempting a dance-floor comeback.
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D.
Héroe de la República de Cuba
Héroe de la República de Cuba is the highest honorary title awarded by the Cuban state to individuals for extraordinary merits and heroic acts in service to the nation.
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E.
Cuban trova
Cuban trova is a traditional Cuban song style characterized by poetic, often romantic lyrics and simple guitar accompaniment, historically performed by itinerant singer-songwriters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| 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
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social inequality in Cuba ⓘ |
| director | Mikhail Kalatozov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distribution | Milestone Films (US re-release) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Nina Glagoleva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique |
complex crane shots
ⓘ
extensive use of handheld camera ⓘ |
| filmMovement |
Cuban revolutionary cinema
ⓘ
Soviet cinema ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
innovative cinematography ⓘ long tracking shots ⓘ poetic visual style ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Soy Cuba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
imperialism ⓘ revolution ⓘ |
| title | I Am Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: I Am Cuba Description of subject: I Am Cuba is a visually striking 1964 Soviet-Cuban film renowned for its innovative cinematography and poetic portrayal of pre-revolutionary Cuba.
Referenced by (3)
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