Open AccessThe Cuban Revolution through cinema. Between a real world and a possible world
Author(s) -
Yordan Palomo Molina,
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Kenia Herrera Izquierdo,
Luis Boffill del Pino,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
latinoamerikanskij istoričeskij alʹmanah
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2713-0282
pISSN - 2305-8773
DOI - 10.32608/2305-8773-2021-30-1-225-242
Subject(s) - historiography , movie theater , bourgeoisie , politics , socialism , petite bourgeoisie , face (sociological concept) , political science , political economy , government (linguistics) , sociology , economic history , aesthetics , art history , art , history , law , social science , philosophy , communism , linguistics
The Cuban Revolution meant transformations in all directions (eco-nomic, political, legal and sociocultural) depending on the internal and external contexts that took place. A Revolution; a country for workers, peasants, petty bourgeois and progressive intellectuals, where everyone was to be revolutionary. A Revolution; a policy of interaction that in-cludes the former marginalized sectors and links them with other sec-tors of the society without class distinction, proclaiming them all as equals. A Revolution that needed a new way of thinking, of behaving, of socializing, of living, under the principles of socialism. National cinematography has reflected these incidents ahead of historiography in many of his speeches. His keen gaze reveals the Changes made, dia-logues with them reflecting new codes, patterns and realities. It exposes the scenario in which society develops and the solutions adopted by the government and the people in the face of vicissitudes showing the Rev-olution in its entirety. The paper proposes a look at cinema as a histori-cal source from the analysis of five film that reflect different moments of national development. Namely: Memorias del subdesarrollo, De cierta manera, Páginas del diario de Mauricio, Larga distancia and Sergio y Serguei.