A film about Fidel Castro

[refuse_resist]

Just wanted to let you all know about this film that's gonna be on t.v. about Fidel Castro.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/castro/

[FatFreeMilk]

oh shit that's tonight at nine. thanks man. This can stay here for a bit cus if it moves to lit and films people may not see this thread in time.

[Hampton]

It stinks.

[Lardlad95]

I mean I think it was light on anti-castro and pro-castro bias. Over all it was fairly moderate though towards the end it was pretty much anti-castro.
It does however show justification for some of fidel's actions

[refuse_resist]

Yeah hahaha. I think the person who made it was a Cuban exile. It had a lot of good footage though.

[rahul]

i think ,,. in india V dont catch the channel...........and i want to see some good movies of che and castro at any cost!

please suggest me some names of movies related to revolution...............which i can buy in india!

[Fidelbrand]

can anyone who saw the movie write some comments after viewing it? i can't see it right now ... :(

[Red Heretic]

I watched for a whole 45 seconds before turning it off. As reactionary as it gets.

[RedLenin]

I thought it was ok. It was actually pretty balance. It also made me respect Castro more than I used to. And i'm not an authoritarian by any stretch of the imagination! Overall, it was a good, relatively balanced film that gets you thinking about what Cuba could have been if only the U$ didn't intervein. It seems that Castro got strict only after the bay of pigs. Before that, he seemed like a decent guy. Good film see it if you can.

[RABBIT - THE - CUBAN - MILITANT]

its bad ...the only truly well made movie about Castro is called “ Fidel : the untold story “

[Fidelbrand]

sounds interesting, cobra90x.

[fuerzasocialista]

I suggest the following as did RABBIT:

A lot of good stuff in there.

[refuse_resist]

Awesome. I will definately check it out.

[MXR]

I thought it was quite interesting, a balance of pro and anti-fidel, in the end, it made me change my views about Fidel, kind of.., I see him as an underdog(sort of) that has withstood a strugglesum task keeping Cuba together, and a suvivor from that of the U.S. and its imperialist ways..

[Sabocat]

A few of things that I took from the PBS film/documentary:

1. The film faults Cuba for helping the Angolans fighting the invading South African army. Basically, the film makes no effort to remind the viewer that the U.S. was supporting the viscious apartheid govt. of South Africa.

2. The film condemns Cuba for helping the Sandinistas but does not offer any criticism of the murdering CIA backed Contras.

3. The film openly lies about the attack on Grenada, stating that the U.S. defeats the Cuban military on the island in their first real confrontation. It is widely known that the only Cubans on Grenada are there to help construct the International Airport. The film basically leads the viewer to believe that Cuba has garrisoned an entire Army there to take over the island.

4. The film trys to create the illusion that a rift between Che and Fidel existed, saying that the island was too small to contain two such giant ego's.

5. The film gives short shrift to the educational and medical achievements of Cuba.

6. The film relies mostly on the testimony of one of the old station chiefs of the "Special Interest Section" (U.S. embassy in Havana). Of course, most of the political subversion that occurs in Cuba eminates from that office. The other person used as an "authority" on Cuba is an exile.

7. The film makes no real effort to describe life in Cuba under Batista. Only that Castro has taken away their freedom.

One of the funniest statements made was with regards to the UN doing a Human Rights Violation investigation in Cuba. The film stated that "dozens of people came forward"......Dozens? ...LOL....

:lol:

This film was pure U.S. propaganda, to be used to garner support in the U.S. to overthrow a "ruthless dictatorship".

I think a better film to see on Cuba right now would be this one.

MISSION AGAINST TERROR (www.freethefive.org)