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Apr 1, 2015 · CUBA: THE FORGOTTEN REVOLUTION tells the virtually unknown story of Cuban revolutionaries Frank Pais and Jose Antonio Echeverria - a school teacher and architecture student - whose names seldom appear alongside their more famous contemporaries, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.
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- Documentary, History
- Glenn Gebhard
- 2015-04-01
CUBA: THE FORGOTTEN REVOLUTION tells the virtually unknown story of Cuban revolutionaries Frank Pais and Juan Antonio Echeverria — a school teacher and architecture student, respectively - whose names seldom appear alongside their more famous contemporaries, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.
A deconstruction of the known history of the Cuban revolution. CUBA: THE FORGOTTEN REVOLUTION tells the virtually unknown story of Cuban revolutionaries Frank Pais and Jose Antonio Echeverria - a school teacher and architecture student - whose names seldom appear alongside their more famous contemporaries, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.
While Fidel Castro was hardly a saint, and he distorted the values of a socialist revolution during his reign of terror in Cuba, the intent of this film is to vilify the young revolutionary. Castro was heroic in his leadership that led to the overthrow of the violent dictatorship of Batista.
Cuba: The Forgotten Revolution. 2015. 1 hr 26 mins. Documentary. NR. Watchlist. The story of Cuban revolutionaries Frank Pais (1934-57) and Juan Antonio Echeverria (1932-57), who were...
