I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth

Contemporary film critics regard the epic film I Am Cuba as a modern masterpiece. The 1964 Cuban/Soviet coproduction marked a watershed moment of cultural collaboration between two nations. Yet the film never found a mass audience, languishing for decades until its reintroduction as a "classic" in the 1990s. Vicente Ferraz explores the strange history of this cinematic tour de force, and the deeper meaning for those who participated in its creation.

• Vicente FerrazWriter
• Vicente FerrazDirector
• Jenny PadrónOriginal Music Composer

• Othon BastosSelf (archive footage)
• Alexander CalzattiSelf
• Fidel CastroSelf (archive footage)
• Luz María CollazoSelf
• Sergio CorrieriSelf
• Maurício do ValleSelf (archive footage)
• Yevgeny YevtushenkoSelf (archive footage)
• Vicente FerrazSelf
• Raúl García LosadaCast
• Jean-Luc GodardSelf (archive footage)
• Alfredo GuevaraSelf
• Tomás Gutiérrez AleaSelf (archive footage)