The Base of the Air Is Red

IMDb link: 0076042
IMDb rating: 7.9 (1,195 votes)
Genres: Documentary
Director: Chris Marker
Cast: Simone Signoret, Davos Hanich, Laurence Cuvillier, Francois Maspero, Jorge Semprún, Sandra Scarnati and others

Release date: 23 Nov 1977
Release year: 1977
Runtime: 240 minutes
Country: France
Keywords: claim in title, 1960s, may 1968, che guevara, reference to vladimir lenin, archive footage, vietnam war, soviet union, altermondialisation, revolution

Plot:

French essay film focusing on global political turmoil in the 1960s and '70s, particularly the rise of the New Left in France and the development of socialist movements in Latin America.

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