Kalatozov, Soy Cuba, 1964

poster of Soy Cuba
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You should read on Wikipedia the amazing story of Soy Cuba, the movie directed by Michail Kalatozov, with Sergey Urusevsky as cinematographer:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Cuba

I will come back to this movie later. Right now, just a tiny bit of details from this film, and then wandering around.

Here is the opening sequence: a one shot of five minutes:

(video by John Fuhrmann)

Another sequence: a song from the movie, can be viewed on youTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aT3Ii3hWM0

A 12 minutes documentary about Soy Cuba, discussing its importance in the history of cinematography, also to be viewed on youTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ohAKqI0Fhc

Inspired by this movie, Mikhail Evstafiev (artist photographer and writer) came to Cuba four decades later, trying to capture with his camera the spirit of the people there, an intimate portrait of the vibrant yet fragile Cuban soul (ArtObraz).

(video by ArtObraz)

Again to the movie, two excerpts:

(video by Massimo Yougle)

(video by zonderanima)

And two other videos not related to the movie, yet roaming on the same space:

(video by Greg Ward)

(video by Jenn Mishra)

Another video that can be seen on youTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJFLGkOqED8

(Russian and Soviet Cinema)