Cuban cinema has long been shaped by the state-run ICAIC, founded after the 1959 revolution, producing socially engaged work that sits somewhere between propaganda and genuine artistry. Directors like Tomás Gutiérrez Alea brought world-class sophistication to that tradition. Cuba and the Cameraman offers a more recent, outsider perspective on the island's story. See what Macca made of it below.
Rating: 3.5★
There are films that travel, and there are films that get lost. I Am Cuba (or Soy Cuba, as it was titled on release) belongs to a peculiar third category: films that simply vanished, only to be rediscovered decades later and treated as if they had been divine transmissions all
Genre Documentary
★★★½ — Cuba and the Cameraman (2017)
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