General Assembly

General Assembly — Plot

In Asamblea general (1960), the documentary about Fidel's address of the First Declaration of Havana in the Plaza of the Revolution, Alea practises what becomes a sustaining Cuban contribution to documentary. Engaging with Free Cinema and cinema-vérité, his camera seems to touch the faces of the new citizen one by one rather than as a single mass before a leader.

• Release date
• July 1, 1960
• Runtime
• 14 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

General Assembly — Cast

Fidel Castro Fidel Castro