Santiago Álvarez
He studied in the United States but in the mid-1940s returned to Cuba, where he worked as a music archivist in a television station and participated in Communist Party activities.[1] After the Cuban Revolution he became a founding member of the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC) and directed its weekly Latin American Newsreel.[2] One of his most famous works, the short Now (1964) about racial discrimination in the US, mixed news photographs and musical clips featuring singer/actress Lena Horne. Other well-known works included the anti-imperialist satire LBJ (1968) and 79 Springs (1969), a poetic tribute to Ho Chi Minh. In 1968, he collaborated with Octavio Getino and Fernando E. Solanas (members of Grupo Cine Liberación) on the four-hour documentary Hora de los hornos, about foreign imperialism in South America. Among the other subjects he explored in his films were the musical and cultural scene in Latin America and the dictatorships which gripped the region. The second chapter of French director Jean-Luc Godard's Histoire(s) du cinéma is dedicated to Álvarez, amongst others.[3] He died of Parkinson's disease in Havana on May 20, 1998 and was buried there in the Colon Cemetery.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
March 18, 1919Deathday
May 20, 1998Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
46Place of birth
Havana, CubaCast credits
Crew credits
Hanoi, Tuesday 13th
Director, WriterNow!
Director79 Springs
Director, WriterLBJ
DirectorThe Forgotten War
DirectorMy Brother, Fidel
Director, WriterThe Servant's Dream
Director, ScreenplayThe Tiger Leaps and Kills, But It Will Die... It Will Die...
Director, WriterHasta la Victoria Siempre
DirectorThe New Tango
Writer, DirectorCerro Pelado
DirectorI Am a Son of America
Director¿Cómo, por qué y para qué se asesina un general?
DirectorCyclone
DirectorApril in Vietnam in the Year of the Cat
DirectorThe Necessary War
DirectorNoticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano
Script, DirectorMuerte al invasor
Director, EditorTake-Off at 18:00 Hours
Director, WriterMorir por la patria es vivir
Director