Cuba: Art and Revolution

Duration: 44

Year Published: 1971

Creator: British Broadcasting Corporation

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Describes how the political revolution of Fidel Castro in the early 1960s has influenced the cultural life and artistic freedoms of the Cuban people. Shows how such arts as modern dance, ballet, film production, writing, and experimental theatre have flourished during the past ten years. Discusses the role of the artist in a communist state through interviews with prima ballerina Alicia Alonso and several leading Cuban writers., A documentary film about the effect of revolution on the cultural life of Cuba. Surveys film, ballet, and the theater. Includes interviews with prima ballerina Alicia Alonso and with leading Cuban writers on the role of the artist in Castro's revolution and the amount of freedom possible in a communist state.

Complete Record: Describes how the political revolution of Fidel Castro in the early 1960s has influenced the cultural life and artistic freedoms of the Cuban people. Shows how such arts as modern dance, ballet, film production, writing, and experimental theatre have flourished during the past ten years. Discusses the role of the artist in a communist state through interviews with prima ballerina Alicia Alonso and several leading Cuban writers., A documentary film about the effect of revolution on the cultural life of Cuba. Surveys film, ballet, and the theater. Includes interviews with prima ballerina Alicia Alonso and with leading Cuban writers on the role of the artist in Castro's revolution and the amount of freedom possible in a communist state. , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.