General Assembly

General Assembly

14 mins | Documentary | July 1, 1960

In Asamblea general (1960), the documentary about Fidel's address of the First Declaration of Havana in the Plaza of the Revolution, Alea practises what becomes a sustaining Cuban contribution to documentary. Engaging with Free Cinema and cinema-vérité, his camera seems to touch the faces of the new citizen one by one rather than as a single mass before a leader.

General Assembly

14 mins | Documentary | July 1, 1960

General Assembly
In Asamblea general (1960), the documentary about Fidel's address of the First Declaration of Havana in the Plaza of the Revolution, Alea practises what becomes a sustaining Cuban contribution to documentary. Engaging with Free Cinema and cinema-vérité, his camera seems to touch the faces of the new citizen one by one rather than as a single mass before a leader.
Producers Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos
Original title Asamblea general
Directors Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Writers

Cast

Fidel Castro

as Fidel Castro