Running for the Revolution Filming Locations
Where was Running for the Revolution filmed? Running for the Revolution was filmed in 5 locations across Cuba, United States, Monaco, Spain and United Kingdom in the following places:
Running for the Revolution Filming Locations
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet.
The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.
Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Liguria, in Western Europe, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is a semi-enclave bordered by France to the north, east and west.
Spain, a country on Europe’s Iberian Peninsula, includes 17 autonomous regions with diverse geography and cultures. Capital city Madrid is home to the Royal Palace and Prado museum, housing works by European masters. Segovia has a medieval castle (the Alcázar) and an intact Roman aqueduct. Catalonia’s capital, Barcelona, is defined by Antoni Gaudí’s whimsical modernist landmarks like the Sagrada Família church.
The United Kingdom, made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, is an island nation in northwestern Europe. England – birthplace of Shakespeare and The Beatles – is home to the capital, London, a globally influential centre of finance and culture. England is also site of Neolithic Stonehenge, Bath’s Roman spa and centuries-old universities at Oxford and Cambridge.
Running for the Revolution (2020)
Running for the Revolution is the story of Cuba's greatest Olympic track and field athlete Alberto Juantorena. His gold medal success at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games catapulted him onto the world stage and made him an international sporting icon - to the delight of Cuba's charismatic but controversial leader Fidel Castro. Granting exceptional access, Juantorena shares the highs and lows of his sporting career, and provides fresh insight into his unique country, its revolution, and its complex, uneasy relationship with America. Along the way, he is reunited with US Olympian Fred Newhouse, a man born in a segregated America, but who saw the 400m gold medal as his destiny. Juantorena also recounts his intense 800m duel in 1977 with ace Kenyan runner Mike Boit who, along with other African nations, sacrificed his Olympic dream by standing up to apartheid in a boycott of the 1976 Games. Filmed over five years, Juantorena story unfolds against a backdrop of tumultuous political events.