Cuba:
La Última cena (The Last Supper) (1976) -- slavery in Cuba
Tamango (1957) -- an African slave on a Dutch slave ship heading to Cuba revolts, capturing the captain's mistress, thereby forcing a showdown
X El otro Francisco (The Other Francisco) (1975) -- Cuban abolitionists were not primarily motivated by humanitarianism but had real economic motives & misrepresented the nature of slavery in Cuba
Rough Riders (1997) -- 1898, with Theodore Roosevelt in Cuba
X Mambí (1998) – the Cubans loyal to Spain called the insurgents the Mambies, named after the black Spanish officer, Juan Ethninius Mamby, who was a freedom fighter in the Dominican Republic
Havana (1990) -- a self-centered gambler falls in love with a revolutionary in Havana, Cuba
Cuba (1979) -- love story of a sort set in Havana at the time of the takeover by Castro
The Lost City (2005) -- love story set in Havana at the time of the takeover by Castro
X I am Cuba (1964) -- ode to Castro revolution
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) -- Che's political education on a motorcycle
X Che: Part One and Part Two (2008) – with Benicio del Torro as Che
Che Guevara (2005) -- Ernesto "Che" Guevara, co-rebel with Fidel Castro in Cuba & rebel leader elsewhere (with Benicio del Torro as Che)
X Che! (1969) -- Che Guevara
Azúcar amarga (Bitter Sugar) (1996) -- a young supporter of Castro becomes disillusioned
X Lucia (1968) -- three transitional periods in Cuban history from the perspectives of three women named Lucia
Guaguasi (1982) -- simple country man leaves his village to join the rebels, in Havana he falls in love, but he also falls apart, changed by the revolution
Thirteen Days (2001) -- Cuban Missile Crisis
Missiles of October (1974) -- Cuban Missile Crisis docudrama
X Fire Bay (2010) -- Bay of Pigs invasion
Before Night Falls (2000) -- homosexual Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas is terribly abused by the totalitarian Cuban system
Memorias del subdesarrollo (Memories of Underdevelopment) (1968) -- wealthy man caught in the transitions during the Cuban revolution of 1959
Cuban Blood (Dreaming of Julia; Cuba Libre) (2003) -- an 11 year old boy is able to live a somewhat normal life against the background of the Cuban Revolution, 1958
WATERGATE:
All the President's Men -- Washington Post reporters track down Nixon and Watergate; Cuban-Americans involved in the burglary
X Al otro lado (2004) -- To the Other Side; stories of Cuban boy, Moroccan girl and Mexican boy and the effects of emigration on their lives
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