Looking for Fidel

Apr 14, 2004

0h 57m

★ 5.9

Overview

Oliver Stone's second documentary on/interview with Fidel Castro specifically addresses his country's recent crackdown on Cuban dissidents; namely, the execution of three men who hijacked a ferry to the United States.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Inmortales

Morena Films

Rule 8

Ixtlan Productions

HBO

Studio International

France 2

Looking for Fidel Trailers

Cast

Self

Fidel Castro

Self

Oliver Stone

Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter

Self (archive footage)

James Cason

Self (archive footage)

Che Guevara

Self

Miriam Laeba

Self

Claudia Marquez Linares

Self

Osvaldo Payá

Self

Blanca Reyes

Self

Vladimiro Roca

Self (archive footage)

Filipe Perez Roque

Self

Elizardo Sanchez

April 17, 1944. A high-profile trial for sedition opens in Washington. Dozens of individuals—including members of Congress—are accused of cooperating with German forces, participating in pro-Nazi movements, and plotting to overthrow the U.S. government. How did this happen in the world's greatest democracy? And why does no one remember this major episode in American history?

7.0

Poutine et la guerre des cinq mers

Sep 2, 2025

No overview available.

7.7

The Act of Killing

Nov 1, 2012

In this chilling and groundbreaking documentary, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of various film genres, from gangster epics to musicals. As they recreate their past atrocities, the line between reality and performance blurs, exposing the lingering impact of Indonesia’s 1965-66 anti-communist purge and the unsettling psychology of its perpetrators.

8.0

Citizen Shane

Feb 5, 2004

A porn-loving, Charles Manson-befriending, Mississippi Republican runs to become the next sheriff.

8.7

Encantado, le Brésil désenchanté

Sep 29, 2018

Considered for a few years the “country of the future”, Brazil has seen since 2013 a deep disenchantment between the middle and popular classes that culminated with the rise of Jair Bolsonaro to the Presidency in 2018. Enchanted portrays this recent Brazilian history from a homonymous neighborhood of the Rio suburb transfigured by the 2016 Olympics. From Rio to Paris, a political and poetic testimony of Brazil through the eyes of the first generation of the popular class to study abroad.

7.3

Girls State

Jan 18, 2024

What would American democracy look like in the hands of teenage girls? In this documentary, young female leaders from wildly different backgrounds in Missouri navigate an immersive experiment to build a government from the ground up.

8.0

Jacques Delors, itinéraire d'un Européen

May 8, 2022

No overview available.

10.0

Che, Today and Always

Jan 1, 1983

A sound system plays Commander Ernesto Guevara's speech, delivered on October 20, 1962, during the Second Anniversary of the Young Communist League, along with a series of archival images of the revolutionary leader visiting factories and meeting with workers.

7.0

Havana, From On High

May 3, 2019

The chronic shortage of housing in Central Havana has pushed the city upwards, where life spills out onto the rooftops. Resilient and remarkable, these rooftop dwellers have a privileged point of view on a society in the process of major transformation.

0.0

Nach dem Sturm

Apr 25, 2019

The protests of 1968 had a significant impact on the great cities of the world. But people like to forget that the periphery went through the same social upheavals – Central Switzerland, for example. This is hardly surprising: in the founding cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy, society followed a strict order; tradition, shaped by centuries of Catholic rule, seemed untouchable. But in the 1960s, the local youth could not take these stifling conditions anymore: starting in 1969, resistance broke out across Central Switzerland.

7.6

Manufacturing Ignorance

Nov 23, 2020

Tobacco, climate change, pesticides,... Never has scientific knowledge seemed so vast, detailed and shared. And yet it appears to be increasingly challenged. It is no longer surprising to see private corporations put strategies in place to confuse the public debate and paralyze political decision-making. Overwhelmed by excess of information, how can we, as citizens, sort out fact from fiction? One by one, this film dismantles the workings of this clever manoeuvre that aims to turn science against itself. Thanks to declassified archives, graphic animations and testimonies from experts, lobbyists and politicians, this investigation plunges us into the science of doubt. Along with a team of experts (philosophers, economists, cognitive scientists, political men, or even agnotologists), we explore concrete examples of doubt making and try to understand the whole process and the issues behind it.

0.0

Cuba: The Land and the People

Dec 31, 1950

This film is a general travelogue about Cuba from 1950.

3.7

Javier Milei: la revolución liberal

Jul 10, 2023

A portrait of Argentine libertarian politician Javier Milei.

6.2

Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid

Oct 11, 2024

From masterminding Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential win to his insurgent role in the 2024 race, Democratic strategist James Carville has been one of the most influential forces in modern political history. The “Ragin’ Cajun” looks back at his unlikely career and 30-year marriage to Republican consultant Mary Matalin. Featuring interviews with Bill Clinton, George Stephanopoulos and more.

6.0

#Untruth: The Psychology of Trumpism

Sep 3, 2024

From the filmmakers of the critically-acclaimed blockbuster #UNFIT: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DONALD TRUMP, which grossed over $2.5 million, has been viewed by millions, and was nominated for the IDA Documentary Awards Video Source Award Director, producer, and writer Dan Partland and producer Art Horan are back with #UNTRUTH: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TRUMPISM examines the psychology of “Trumpism” and the authoritarian strain that it seeded in the American political landscape.

5.4

El Medico: The Cubaton Story

Jan 27, 2012

El Medico has to decide between doing his duty to the State, as a doctor fulfilling his mothers dream, or being an artist

8.0

Politzek, the voices that challenge the Kremlin

Sep 9, 2025

In Russia, criticizing the war in Ukraine or Vladimir Putin’s regime has become a crime. Thousands of ordinary citizens are being arrested, tried, and imprisoned. They are called “Politzek”: political prisoners. Filmed clandestinely over the course of more than a year, Politzek gives a platform to those who, despite the fear, continue to speak out against Putin’s repressive Russia. Through the intersecting stories of a teenager sentenced to five years in prison for criticizing the government on social media, a young artist jailed for placing anti-war stickers, a human rights activist, and two theater directors facing Kafkaesque trials, the film unveils the machinery of state repression in Russia. With rare footage, broken yet unyielding voices, this is a story of silenced resistance.

0.0

The Second Liberation

Sep 17, 2021

The Soviet occupation of Bulgaria (1944-1947) causing the greatest political, financial and moral turning point in the new Bulgarian history.