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- 2002
- Not Rated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 31 m
- 2002
- Not Rated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 31 m
Summary This documentary examines the political and social impact that Cuban leader Fidel Castro has had upon the world during the more than forty years he has been in power.
Directed By: Estela Bravo
- 2002
- Not Rated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 31 m
- 2002
- Not Rated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 31 m
Fidel
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4.0
Summary This documentary examines the political and social impact that Cuban leader Fidel Castro has had upon the world during the more than forty years he has been in power.
Directed By: Estela Bravo
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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15% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
69% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
15% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
44
15% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
69% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
15% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Bravo works too hard at extolling Castro -- The film's historical footage is compelling, though, and provides plenty to think about.
The tone is doting, but not cloying.
It's a refreshing change from the self-interest and paranoia that shape most American representations of Castro. At the same time, Bravo anticipates that such a view will drive some nuts.
Unabashed Fidel worship.
It's a shame Bravo doesn't allow herself a broader perspective, because she's right to consider Castro one of the most important figures of the 20th century.
Worth seeing for its wealth of archival footage hitherto little-seen outside Communist bloc nations, Fidel nonetheless errs badly by slapping a quasi-objective journalistic tenor onto content so flattering and uncritical it might pass for an old "This Is Your Life" episode.
This is bad cinema and bad history. Ms. Bravo is unstinting in her praise for the omelet and her admiration of the chef, but she refuses to admit that she's walking on eggshells.
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4.0
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Production Company
Bravo Films,
Four Point Entertainment
Release Date Oct 18, 2002
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards
Urbanworld Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
