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Documentaries like Cuba and the Cameraman

Not everyone loves Cuba and the Cameraman for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Cuba and the Cameraman

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  1. You want ordinary Cuban lives filmed over more than forty years.

  2. You like history seen from a farm and a city street.

  3. You like watching the same people age on camera.

Picks that share your reasons

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  • Five Broken Cameras2011

    • ordinary Cuban lives filmed over more than forty years
    • watching the same people age on camera

    Good for you if you want to see Bil'in through the eyes of a man who lives there.

  • Santiago, Italia2018

    • ordinary Cuban lives filmed over more than forty years
    • history seen from a farm and a city street

    Good for you if you want to understand what happened in Santiago in 1973.

  • The Edge of Democracy2019

    • ordinary Cuban lives filmed over more than forty years

    Good for you if you want the Brazil of Lula and Dilma Rousseff filmed from the inside.

  • Bobby Fischer Against the World2011

    • ordinary Cuban lives filmed over more than forty years
    • history seen from a farm and a city street
    • watching the same people age on camera

    Good for you if you like the true story of a genius who never fit in.

  • The Look of Silence2014

    • ordinary Cuban lives filmed over more than forty years
    • history seen from a farm and a city street

    Good for you if you want to see a family ask the questions it was never allowed to ask.

  • Hitler: A Career1977

    • ordinary Cuban lives filmed over more than forty years
    • history seen from a farm and a city street

    Good for you if you want to understand how the Weimar Republic fell to the Nazis.

  • Return2023

    • ordinary Cuban lives filmed over more than forty years

    Good for you if you want to see a persecution the news rarely shows.

  • The Fog of War2003

    • ordinary Cuban lives filmed over more than forty years
    • history seen from a farm and a city street

    Good for you if you like hearing a man in power explain his own decisions.

  • One Child Nation2019

    • ordinary Cuban lives filmed over more than forty years

    Good for you if you want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words.

  • The Crown2016

    • history seen from a farm and a city street

    Good for you if you like the second half of the 20th century seen from inside Buckingham Palace.

  • Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror2021

    • ordinary Cuban lives filmed over more than forty years
    • history seen from a farm and a city street

    Good for you if you want the personal stories of people who lived through that day.

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