Fidel Castro
Total Credits at Criticker: 19 (Actor), 2 (Director)
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Documentary about Fidel Castro, covering 40 years of Cuban Revolution. Rare Fidel Castro footage: he appears swimming with a bodyguard, visiting his childhood home and school, playing with his friend Nelson Mandela, meeting kid Elián Gonzalez, and celebrating his birthday with the Buena Vista Social Club group.
The Fog of War is a 20th century fable, a story of an American dreamer, Robert S. McNamara, who rose from humble origins to the heights of political power. (Sony Pictures Classics)
In the year 1000, aliens from the planet Quetzalcoatl flee their dying planet and take refuge under the Earth's surface. Disturbed by 1950s American atomic testing, the aliens strike back at the USA in such varied schemes as the replicant Castro, the psychic vampire regime in Grenada and the Allende plot to alter the Earth's axis. Only covert action by the CIA can stop the dreaded Quetzals. (imdb)
638 Ways to Kill Castro (2006) - TV Movie
Dollan Cannell's documentary on the hundreds of alleged plots to assassinate Fidel Castro, and a look at the evolution of Cuban politics. (imdb)
In seven different parts, Godard, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais and Varda show their sympathy for the North-Vietnamees army during the Vietnam-war. (imdb)
Three Canadian filmmakers travel to Cuba in hopes of filming Fidel Castro. While waiting they capture life on the island.
An investigation into Cuban leader Fidel Castro's role in the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. (imdb)
In 1985 Miguel Littin clandestinely returns to Chile and makes this three-part documentary about the political reality of the country. (Filmaffinity)
The life of Christopher Hitchens as told through his own words and through archive footage.
A Good Turn Daily (1983) - Short Film
A boy scout tries to make the world a better place and as a result he transcends into other persons, not famous and very famous. Will it make a change?
An intellectual leaves the Cuban revolution and 'underdevelopment' behind only to find himself at odds with the ambiguities of his new life in the 'developed' world. A portrait of alienation, of an outsider with no clear-cut politics or ideology. The film's narrative is a collage of flashbacks, daydreams, and hallucinations comprising live-action, animation, and newsreel footage assembled to suggest the way personal memory works, subjectively and emotionally. (imdb)
A chronicle of the evolution of the Cuban Revolution, ending with the Bay of Pigs incident and including two interviews with Fidel Castro. (letterboxd.com)
An assessment of the first twenty-five years of the Cuban revolution. PBS Special funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and WNET in New York, features an interview with Fidel Castro. Narrated by Raul Julia. Filmed on Location in Cuba and Nicaragua. Chicago Film Festival Winner Gold Hugo Award Winner Honorable Mention: San Francisco Film Festival
Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba. (imdb)
Shot in Cuba, the film brings together the testimonies of those close to Che and also looks back at the Cuban music figures who celebrated him in song. In particular, the film documents the history of the song Hasta siempre. (wikipedia)