I Am Cuba (1964)

A study in contrasts set in and around Havana that explores Cuba's 1959 revolution: a young woman's fascination with the excess of an American-owned casino leads to her downfall in the eyes of her street vendor boyfriend; a tenant farmer revolts the only way he knows how, attacking the land he works; university students gain first-hand knowledge of political upheaval; and, in the hills outside the city, the members of a poor peasant family are patriotically swept up into the burgeoning revolt.

Genres: Drama

What to watch after I Am Cuba

• The Cranes Are Flying (1957) — Mikhail Kalatozov directed both
• Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) — Same subject: cuba
• The Confession (1970) — Jean Bouise appears in both
• Macario (1960)
• The Battle of Algiers (1966) — Same feel: dramatic, critical
• Z (1969) — Same subject: police