Norma Torrado Movie Trailers

79 Springs Trailer (1969)

31 December 1969

This film memorializes the leader of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh, on the occasion of his death. It narrates the story of a life which is also the story of a nation-recounting his important accomplishments in the struggle against colonialism and imperialism.

¿Cómo, por qué y para qué se asesina un general? Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

Documentary short about the death of Chilean general René Schneider by the CIA, following the election of Salvador Allende as president of the nation.

Take-Off at 18:00 Hours Trailer (1969)

29 October 1969

This film confronts the failures of the Cuban economy, although it is made in a Guevara-like spirit of moral exhortation rather than criticism.

LBJ Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

This is a montage of different images from the JFK, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy triumphs and assassinations, all three events being observed by Lyndon Johnson as the dark figure who is plotting the anti-black rights movement.

The Hour of the Furnaces Trailer (1968)

30 September 1968

An impassioned three-part documentary of the liberation struggle waged throughout Latin America, using Argentina as a historical example of the imperialist exploitation of the continent.

Cecilia Trailer (1982)

01 May 1982

The story of Cecilia is a story of the society that dominated 19th-century Cuba, a society divided between whites, blacks, and those who were mixed, the mulattos.

Now! Trailer (1965)

01 January 1965

Using morgue photos, newsreel footage, and a recording by Lena Horne, Cuban filmmaker Santiago Alvarez fired off 'Now!', one of the most powerful bursts of propaganda rendered in the 1960s.

The Forgotten War Trailer (1967)

01 January 1967

Focuses on the history of foreign intervention in Laos, first by France and then by the United States.

Cerro Pelado Trailer (1966)

01 January 1966

A ship of athletes training on the rough seas becomes a symbol of Castro’s Cuba, the games projected on the backdrop of political struggle.

Hanoi, Tuesday 13th Trailer (1969)

03 October 1969

In December 1967, a Cuban film crew led by Santiago Alvarez, the veteran polemicist, travelled to Hanoi.

Hasta la Victoria Siempre Trailer (1967)

18 October 1967

Created within forty-eight hours of Che Guevara’s death, Hasta la Victoria Siempre is a Cuban documentary tribute that combines archival footage, speeches, and images of revolutionary struggle to commemorate Guevara and reaffirm the ideals of the Cuban Revolution.

The Servant's Dream Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

An ordinary man goes to work in a rich household of Peru and has a dream in which he sees his boss and himself appearing as equal in front of the Archangel before going to heaven.

Solidaridad Cuba y Vietnam Trailer (1965)