History Film / IAmCuba

** Later, American sailors walk around Havana singing an obnoxious (and fictional) patriotic song, before assaulting and nearly raping a young Cuban woman. She's saved by Enrique.
* VoiceoverTranslation: Some editions of the film have all the English and Spanish dialogue over-dubbed with a Russian voiceover.

* {{Eagleland}}: Unsurprisingly for a Soviet propaganda film, arrogant, crude Americans exploit the locals economically and sexually.
** One highlight has the john who patronizes Maria get lost and stumble through the slums.
** Later, American sailors walk around Havana singing an obnoxious (and fictional) patriotic song, before assaulting and nearly raping a young Cuban woman. She's saved by Enrique.

''I Am Cuba'' was a PropagandaPiece meant to portray the cruelty of the capitalist Batista regime and to celebrate the revolution which swept UsefulNotes/FidelCastro into power. As a socialist film, it was less than successful. Cubans did not care for the stereotypical portrayal of the Cuban people, and the Soviets felt that it was too arty and not ideological enough. (The Soviets also felt that the portrayal of life in Batista-era Havana might have seemed [[AlternateAesopInterpretation too much fun]].) Consequently, the film was barely released in the USSR and Cuba in 1964, and was not seen at all in the West. Thirty years later it was VindicatedByHistory when it was re-released, and celebrated mainly for its jaw-dropping camera work that features many, many [[EpicTrackingShot Epic Tracking Shots]] and swooping crane shots.

* EmpathyDollShot: When Mariano's sun is killed by a bomb, all Mariano can find is his doll.

* {{Eagleland}}: Unsurprisingly for a Soviet propaganda film, this one is Flavor 2 all the way. Arrogant, crude Americans exploit the locals economically and sexually.

* EpicTrackingShot: The film's main claim to fame, as it is filled with shot after shot after shot, each of which would be a memorable EpicTrackingShot and highlight of another movie.

** Another, even more staggering tracking shot starts at street level during Enrique's funeral procession. The camera then rises four floors, then goes through a building (this part was done by crewmembers passing the camera hand-to-hand), then goes back to the crane shot as the camera leaves the building and continues to follow the procession.

* FauxFluency: The "American" businessmen in the first story speak English with some not very convincing accents. The American sailors aren't much better.

''I Am Cuba'' was a PropagandaPiece meant to portray the cruelty of the capitalist Batista regime and to celebrate the revolution which swept UsefulNotes/FidelCastro into power. As a socialist film, it was less than successful. Cubans did not care for the stereotypical portrayal of the Cuban people, and the Soviets felt that it was too arty and not ideological enough. (The Soviets also felt that the portrayal of life in Batista-era Havana might have seemed [[AlternateAesopInterpretation too much fun]]. Consequently, the film was barely released in the USSR and Cuba in 1964, and was not seen at all in the West. Thirty years later it was VindicatedByHistory when it was re-released, and celebrated mainly for its jaw-dropping camera work that features many, many [[EpicTrackingShot Epic Tracking Shots]] and swooping crane shots.

''I Am Cuba'' was a PropagandaPiece meant to portray the cruelty of the capitalist Batista regime and to celebrate the revolution which swept UsefulNotes/FidelCastro into power. As a socialist film, it was less than successful. Cubans did not care for the stereotypical portrayal of the Cuban people, and the Soviets felt that it was too arty and not ideological enough. (The Soviets also felt that the portrayal of life in Batista-era Havana might have seemed [[AlternateAesopInterpretation too much fun]]. Consequently, the film was barely released in the USSR and Cuba in 1964, and was not seen at all in the West. Thirty years later it was VindicatedByHistory when it was re-released, and celebrated mainly for its jaw-dropping camera work that features many, many [[EpicTrackingShot Epic Tracking Shots]].

* {{Eagleland}}: Unsurprisingly for a Soviet propaganda film, this one is Flavor 2 all the way. Arrogant, crude Americans exploit the locals economically and sexually. One highlight has the john who patronizes Maria get lost and stumble through the slums.
* EpicTrackingShot: The film's main claim to fame, as it is filled with shot after shot after shot, each of which would be a memorable EpicTrackingShot and highlight of another movie. The most famous one starts out with a camera at a rooftop party. The shot goes down a couple of floors of stairs to a hotel pool, then follows a bikini-clad swimmer as she walks to the pool, and then goes ''under the water'' with her as she dives. This scene was lifted over 30 years later by Creator/PaulThomasAnderson in ''Film/BoogieNights''.
* FauxFluency: The "American" businessmen in the first story speak English with some not very convincing accents.
* HongKongDub: The first story features some atrociously bad dubbing in the nightclub scene, especially from the singer.

''I Am Cuba'' was a PropagandaPiece meant to portray the cruelty of the capitalist Batista regime and to celebrate the revolution which swept UsefulNotes/FidelCastro into power. As a socialist film, it was less than successful. Cubans did not care for the stereotypical portrayal of the Cuban people, and the Soviets felt that it was too arty and not ideological enough. Consequently, the film was barely released in the USSR and Cuba in 1964, and was not seen at all in the West. Thirty years later it was VindicatedByHistory when it was re-released, and celebrated mainly for its jaw-dropping camera work that features many, many [[EpicTrackingShot Epic Tracking Shots]].

* TitleDrop: First line of the movie, as the narrator is the voice of Cuba.