Río Negro (1977)

Directed by

Manuel Pérez Paredes

Genre

documentary film

Country

Cuba

Runtime

2h 15m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Cuban documentary looks at the class struggle happening in the Escambray mountain range. It follows events in the area during the 1970s.

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What happens

Río Negro (literally Black River) is a 1977 Cuban documentary film about class struggle in the Escambray mountain range in Cuba. It was directed by Manuel Pérez. The film was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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