
Waiting for Fidel
This feature-length documentary from 1974 takes viewers inside Fidel Castro's Cuba. A movie-making threesome hope that Fidel himself will star in their film. The unusual crew consists of former Newfoundland premier Joseph Smallwood, radio and TV owner Geoff Stirling and NFB film director Michael Rubbo. What happens while the crew awaits its star shows a good deal of the new Cuba, and also of the three Canadians who chose to film the island. (NFB)
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
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Waiting for Fidel
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Nov 14, 1975
Runtime
0h 57m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
58%
Original Title
Waiting for Fidel
Production Companies
ONF | NFB
Director
Michael Rubbo
Description
This feature-length documentary from 1974 takes viewers inside Fidel Castro's Cuba. A movie-making threesome hope that Fidel himself will star in their film. The unusual crew consists of former Newfoundland premier Joseph Smallwood, radio and TV owner Geoff Stirling and NFB film director Michael Rubbo. What happens while the crew awaits its star shows a good deal of the new Cuba, and also of the three Canadians who chose to film the island. (NFB)
Cast
Crew
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