General Assembly

14m
Documentary
5

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.

Cast

Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro

Crew

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Director
Ángel López
Editor
Luis Marzoa
Director of Photography
Arturo Agramonte
Director of Photography
Néstor Almendros
Director of Photography
Ramón F. Suárez
Director of Photography
Jorge Haydú
Director of Photography
Gustavo Maynulet
Director of Photography

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