Fri. June 16, 7pm: Screening I Am Cuba
Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
Runtime: 2 hr. 21 min.
Director Mikhail Kalatozov’s delirious masterpiece uses four stunning vignettes to paint a picture of pre-revolutionary Cuba, its culture, and the people who call the island home. Produced by Mosfilm and ICAIC, shooting began only a week after the Cuban Missile Crisis and was poised to be the island nation’s response to both Sergei Eisenstein’s acclaimed propaganda piece (Battleship Potemkin) and Jean-Luc Godard’s recently acclaimed romance (Breathless). Instead, I AM CUBA turned out to be a wildly offbeat celebration of Communist iconography, mixing Slavic solemnity with Latin sensuality in a combination that received two standing ovations at the San Francisco International Film Festival, as well as the first ever joint presentation from filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola.
LOS ANGELES POVERTY DEPARTMENT FREE MOVIE NIGHTS AT THE MUSEUM
FREE Movie Screenings, Free popcorn, Free Coffee & Free Conversation
