Acting
Antonio Cubillo
Born — Died
1930-06-03 — 2012-12-10
Place of birth
San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Ténérife, Spain
Known for
Acting
Credits
3 titles
Antonio Cubillo, born on June 3, 1930, in San Cristóbal de La Laguna and died on December 10, 2012, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, was a lawyer, politician, and activist labeled a terrorist. He was the founder of the Movimiento por la Autodeterminación e Independencia del Archipiélago Canario (Movement for the Self-Determination and Independence of the Canary Islands) in 1963, after going into exile from the Canary Islands due to his activism, as a lawyer, against the Franco regime of the time. This political movement (MPAIAC), based in Algiers, began a militant campaign against Spanish rule in the 1970s with the support of Algeria, and later the OAU (Organization of African Unity). In March 19…
Known for
10.0From the early 1960s to the mid-1970s, independent Algeria provided significant support to anti-colonial movements and revolutionaries worldwide. Successive presidents, Ahmed Ben Bella and then Houari Boumédiène, made Algiers a haven for activists fighting against colonial and racial oppression. Algiers the White became Algiers the Red. The internationalist Che Guevara established his base of operations there for his guerrilla activities in Africa. The African-American leader Eldridge Cleaver made it the international headquarters of the Black Panther Party. During this period, Algiers was known as "The Mecca of Revolutionaries."
Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974)
2016
9.0March 27, 1977. At 2:00 in the afternoon, a thick fog rolled into the usually quiet Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. On the runway sat two fully loaded jumbo airliners. An explosion at a nearby airport had redirected air traffic to the undermanned airfield at Tenerife. Within three hours 583 people would be dead. This film reconstructs the moments leading up to the tragedy.
Airline Disaster: Crash of the Century
2006
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Cubillo, historia de un crimen de Estado
2012
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
10.0From the early 1960s to the mid-1970s, independent Algeria provided significant support to anti-colonial movements and revolutionaries worldwide. Successive presidents, Ahmed Ben Bella and then Houari Boumédiène, made Algiers a haven for activists fighting against colonial and racial oppression. Algiers the White became Algiers the Red. The internationalist Che Guevara established his base of operations there for his guerrilla activities in Africa. The African-American leader Eldridge Cleaver made it the international headquarters of the Black Panther Party. During this period, Algiers was known as "The Mecca of Revolutionaries."
Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974)
2016
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Cubillo, historia de un crimen de Estado
2012