Search results for "Santiago Álvarez"
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…
IMDb: 7.2
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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 1973 coup.

Genre: Documentary
The Servant’s Dream

The Servant’s Dream

The Servant’s Dream
IMDb: 6.8
11

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…

LBJ

LBJ

LBJ
IMDb: 6.6
18

This is a montage of different images from the JFK, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy triumphs and assassinations, all three events being observed by Lyndon Johnson as the dark…

Genre: Documentary
Hasta la Victoria Siempre

Hasta la Victoria Siempre

Hasta la Victoria Siempre
IMDb: 6.8
19

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 Havana, where…

Genre: Documentary
Hanoi, Tuesday 13th

Hanoi, Tuesday 13th

Hanoi, Tuesday 13th
IMDb: 6.7
38

In December 1967 a Cuban film crew led by Santiago Alvarez, the veteran polemicist, traveled to Hanoi. They shot the footage which constitutes this short documentary all in one day…

Genre: Documentary
79 Springs

79 Springs

79 Springs
IMDb: 6.8
25

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…

Genre: Documentary
Cerro Pelado

Cerro Pelado

Cerro Pelado
IMDb: 6.8
34

A ship of athletes training on the rough seas becomes a symbol of Castro’s Cuba, the games projected on the backdrop of political struggle. This is the story of a…

Genre: Documentary
Now!

Now!

Now!
IMDb: 6.8
5

Using morgue photos, newsreel footage, and a recording by Lena Horne, Cuban filmmaker Santiago Alvarez fired off ‘Now!’, one of the most powerful bursts of propaganda rendered in the 1960s.