HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 12 (ACN) Snowden, directed by US filmmaker Oliver Stone, has captivated the Cuban people during the 38th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema underway in Havana.
Hundreds of people attended the first showing of the film at the Yara Theater in Havana and later expressed satisfaction over the movie.
The young medical student Jorge Fonseca, told ACN that he loved the film for its education and learning experience on the life of Edward Snowden, accused by the US government of espionage and theft of government property for revealing plans on cyber surveillance of the National Security Agency.
He was so enthusiastic about the movie that he did not have time to notice that the film lasted two hours.
Dalgis Garcia, Dentistry student expressed that the movie confirms the wonders of films as a source of knowledge on history and contemporary events.
Oliver Stone currently in Havana told ACN last Friday that his film can define itself as a serious exercise of journalism and cinema for its attachment to reality.
We are presenting the facts, no one knows the inside story of the National Security Council nor doors are open to dialog for those that understand the importance of Snowden's denunciations; this is the first time that someone from within has revealed the details of what is really happening, he said.
Edward Snowden, interpreted by US actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, became well known after revealing the first information online, however, there was little known about his life and how the events came about, that is why Stone's recent work is so important.
The filmmakers has reflected other important events in US history like the Vietnam War (Platoon), John F. Kennedy's assassination (JFK: Open Case), Watergate Scandal (Nixon) and September 11th, 2001 (World Trade Center).
Oliver Stone visited Cuba in 2002 and 2003 when he worked on his documentaries Comandante (2003) and Looking for Fidel (2004) both on the life of the leader of the Revolution.
In this year's edition of the festival, dedicated to Cuban filmmaker Julio Garcia Espinosa and the International Film and Television School in San Antonio de los Banos, other films on US history is being shown like Jackie by Chilean Pablo Larrain.
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