Cuban Revolution Movies

  • 1978
    El brigadista

    El brigadista

    El brigadista

    6.21978HD

    The Castro revolution was just consolidating its power when, in 1961, over 100,000 students were sent from their schools into the countryside to...

    El brigadista
  • 1972
    A Cuban Fight Against Demons

    A Cuban Fight Against Demons

    A Cuban Fight Against Demons

    51972HD

    In 1672 Cuban revolutionaries launch an uprising against the Spanish who are occupying the country. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.

    A Cuban Fight Against Demons
  • 1962
    Cuba '58

    Cuba '58

    Cuba '58

    01962HD

    Three stories reconstructing the start of the triumphant Cuban revolution which deposed Batista.

    Cuba '58
  • 1993
    8A

    8A

    8A

    01993HD

    The Kafkaesque world of Cuba under Castro's rule is brought to light in this reconstruction of the 1989 trial and execution of General Arnaldo Ochoa...

    8A
  • 1967
    School of Assassins

    School of Assassins

    School of Assassins

    01967HD

    This anti-Communism film uses animation to tell the story of two brothers, one of whom receives training for hemispheric subversion in Cuba and...

    School of Assassins
  • 2012
    Maestra

    Maestra

    Maestra

    02012HD

    Cuba, 1961: 250,000 volunteers taught 700,000 people to read and write in one year. 100,000 of the teachers were under 18 years old. Over half were...

    Maestra
  • 1970
    Luchando! Cuba's Struggle to Survive

    Luchando! Cuba's Struggle to Survive

    Luchando! Cuba's Struggle to Survive

    01970HD

    This film was shot in Cuba in 1994. The opportunity came when Russel Porter, an Australian documentary filmmaker, was invited to teach at the...

    Luchando! Cuba's Struggle to Survive
  • 2022
    Maestras Voluntarias

    Maestras Voluntarias

    Maestras Voluntarias

    02022HD

    Ana Deborah Mola and Belkis Lescaille were among the first young teachers who started pilot programs around the island of Cuba in 1960, laying...

    Maestras Voluntarias
  • 1985
    Jíbaro

    Jíbaro

    Jíbaro

    61985HD

    The first years of the Cuban Revolution characterized by social transformations and class struggles.

    Jíbaro
  • 1960
    Stories of the Revolution

    Stories of the Revolution

    Stories of the Revolution

    6.21960HD

    A film about the Cuban Revolution told from three different perspectives.

    Stories of the Revolution
  • 2009
    L'oro di Cuba

    L'oro di Cuba

    L'oro di Cuba

    02009HD

    The Cuban Revolution turns fifty years old. Fifty years of history, myths and challenges of a country that has influenced politics and culture around...

    L'oro di Cuba
  • 1970
    55 Siblings

    55 Siblings

    55 Siblings

    01970HD

    The Antonio Maceo Brigade consists of fifty-five children of Cuban families that escaped the revolution and settled down in Miami. To the annoyance...

    55 Siblings
  • 1966
    Manuela

    Manuela

    Manuela

    61966HD

    A young girl joins the guerrilla

    Manuela
  • 1979
    The Survivors

    The Survivors

    The Survivors

    6.91979HD

    A bourgeois Cuban family of aristocratic origin locks itself into its mansion when the Cuban Revolution comes to power, waiting for the new regime to...

    The Survivors
  • 2009
    City in Red

    City in Red

    City in Red

    02009HD

    A 2009 Cuban drama by Rebeca Chávez taking place in Santiago de Cuba at the beginning of revolution. In the late 1950s, the city of Santiago...

    City in Red
  • 1979
    Elpidio Valdés

    Elpidio Valdés

    Elpidio Valdés

    51979HD

    Tells the birth of Elpidio, the death of his father and the beginnings of the War of Independence; as he knows María Silvia and how he becomes...

    Elpidio Valdés