Looking for Fidel

Apr 14, 2004

0h 57m

★ 6.0

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

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