79 primaveras (79 Springs) 1969 Ages 15+
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When
1.00pm, Sat 20 Jan 2018 (25 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
About
Cuban documentary filmmaker Santiago Álvarez uses found footage, protest music and poetry to create a political bricolage marking the death of the Vietnamese nationalist leader Ho Chí Minh. The film combines aspects of biography, history of the Liberation struggle and a critique of the colonial wars waged by France and the United States in Vietnam. In doing so, Álvarez connects his work to a broader international context that includes the Cuban revolution and resistance within the USA to the American-war in Vietnam.
Ages 15+
Production Credits
- Director: Santiago Álvarez
- Script: Santiago Álvarez, Jose Marti, Chi Minh Ho
- Cinematographers: Raúl Pérez Ureta, Iván Nápoles
- Editor: Norma Torrado
- Music: Idalberto Gálvez
- Print Source / Rights: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Canberra
- Year: 1969
- Runtime: 25 minutes
- Country: Cuba
- Languages: Spanish, Vietnamese
- Subtitles: English
- Sound: Stereo
- Colour: Black & White
- Screening Format: 16mm