Fidel
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 31 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 23, 2003
- Originally Released: 2001
- Label: First Run Features
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Featured: | Alice Walker, Harry Belafonte, Sydney Pollack, Ted Turner, Muhammad Ali & Nelson Mandela | |
Directed by | Estela Bravo | |
Narrated by | Vlasta Vrana | |
Screenwriting by | Estela Bravo | |
Composition by | Frank Fernandez | |
Subject: | Fidel Castro | |
Produced by | Elizabeth Beer | |
Director of Photography: | Roberto Chile |
Entertainment Reviews:
Offers a completely one-sided view of Castro and his life and career.
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Combustible Celluloid
Rating: 2/4 --
Audiences will find no mention of political prisoners or persecutions that might paint the Castro regime in less than saintly tones.
Boston Globe
It's a refreshing change from the self-interest and paranoia that shape most American representations of Castro.
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L.A. Weekly
Rating: 1/5 --
Bravo reveals the true intent of her film by carefully selecting interview subjects who will construct a portrait of Castro so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda.
Filmcritic.com
Rating: 84/100 --
A landmark work that should have viewers across the world reaching for history books to learn not only politically expedient accounts of Fidel's life, but also the real deal.
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Apollo Guide
Rating: B- --
An overview portrait more impressionistic than anything else, hardly psychologically plumbing... Still, leftist politics aside, the film undeniably works on a human level.
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Entertainment Today
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Has the kitsch appeal of a farm implement on a restaurant wall, or an Andy Warhol Mao poster: Interesting, but not for its original purpose.
Globe and Mail
Product Description:
This biographical documentary takes a rousing, invigorating, emotional look at one of the most complex and endearing figures of 20th Century global politics, Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Through a mix of archival footage and talking heads (which include writers, celebrities, and personal friends such as author Gabriel Garcia Marquez), Castro emerges as a warm human being as well as a true revolutionary. Dealing with everything from Castro's youth to his overthrow of the Batista regime right up to the Elian Gonzales debacle, the film portrays Fidel as an inspiring, natural leader who has never lost sight of his dream, and who has helped many countries over the years overthrow their own oppressive governments. Moving moments with Nelson Mandela and others attest to his status as a third world hero. Some viewers may find this all to be rather biased, as very little screen time is given to issues such as his notorious system of political oppression. Most, however, will simply relish this hitherto unavailable opportunity to see a portrait of Castro unmarred by the demonizing brush of U.S. propaganda. Estela Bravo, a longtime resident of both Havana and Manhattan, directed utilizing rare access to Cuba's archival film libraries.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 71,410
- UPC: 720229910705
- Shipping Weight: 0.29/lbs (approx)
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