SUPAKINO presents “Revolutionary Cinema”: a double bill of MOTHER INDIA (1957) & I AM CUBA (1964). Both films will be introduced by Ranjit S. Ruprai and include post-screening discussions with film studies teacher and researcher Dr. Kulraj Phullar.
I AM CUBA (1964) Dir. Mikhail Kalatozov
Soviet film director Mikhail Kalatozov’s poetic anthology is a visually audacious panorama of Cuban life and its hardships in the approach to armed revolution. Individual stories of poverty and resistance are given the epic treatment with dazzling scenes and breathtaking camera movements; revolutionary cinema in form as well as content. Was this perhaps too technically accomplished to connect with Cuban audiences looking for something genuinely local and imperfect? The film did not find an audience in Russia either and only made its way to international audiences in the 1990s with the support of Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola.
BOMBAY MIX: Indian cinema meets the rest of the world in a mix of movies that share themes, stories and genres. Part of an on-going programme of double bills that invite audiences to explore cinema and make new connections.
Programme supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery. www.filmlondon.org.uk/filmhub
