Fidel Castro is on of the most influential and controversial figures of
our time. "Fidel" offers a unique opportunity to view the man through
exclusive interviews with Castro himself. Historians, public figures
and close friends, with footage from the Cuban State archives.
Alice
Walker, Harry Belafonte, and Sydney Pollack discuss the personality of
the man. Former and current US government figures including Arthur
Schlesinger, Ramsey Clark, Wayne Smith, Congressman Charles Rangel and
a former CIA agent offer political and historical perspectives on
Castro and the long-standing US embargo against Cuba. Family members
and close friends, including Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia
Marquez, offer a window into the personal life of Fidel. We see him
swimming with bodyguards, visiting his childhood home and school,
joking with Nelson Mandela, Ted Turner and Muhammad Ali, meeting Elian
Gonzalez, and celebrating his birthday with members of the Buena Vista
Social Club.
Juxtaposing the personal anecdotal with the history
of Cuban revolution and fight to survive the post-Soviet period,
"Fidel" tells a previously untold story and presents a new view of this
powerful and compelling figure.
