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  • Director: Michael Rubbo
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: Culture & Society
  • Movie Type: Biography, Politics & Government
  • Release Year: 1975
  • Country: CA
  • Run Time: 57 minutes

Plot

After having arranged an exclusive interview with Fidel Castro, who then did not show up, the three men in this documentary film recouped their losses by making this film about Cuba and themselves. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Cast

Michael Rubbo - Narrator

Credit

Michael Rubbo - Director, Michael Rubbo - Editor, Douglas Kiefer - Cinematographer, Michael Rubbo - Producer, Tom Daly - Producer, Michael Rubbo - Screenwriter

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Waiting for Fidel
Directed by Michael Rubbo
Starring Joey Smallwood, Geoff Stirling, Michael Rubbo
Editing by Michael Rubbo
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada
Release date(s) 1974
Running time 57 min 50 s
Country Canada
Language English
Budget C$ 125,155 [1]

Waiting for Fidel is a documentary film from the National Film Board of Canada[2]. Joey Smallwood, then Premier of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Geoff Stirling and Michael Rubbo documented their visit to Cuba in an attempt to interview Fidel Castro.

New York Times film reviewer Richard Eder observed that "It is about Cuba, in a way, but it is also about the difficulty in seeing Cuba for what it may be."[3] Gary Evans, in his chronicles of the National Film Board, called the film "one of the most intriguing documentaries of the period".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Evans, Gary (1991). In the national interest: a chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 195. ISBN 0802068332. http://books.google.ca/books?id=gM2j0CN64isC&pg=PA195&lpg=PA195&dq=joey+smallwood+fidel+castro&source=bl&ots=c5i6lVXbvB&sig=QpmfFN1MVWjGHooKawZV. Retrieved 2009-09-25. 
  2. ^ Rubbo, Michael (1974). "Waiting for Fidel". NFB.ca. National Film Board of Canada. http://www.nfb.ca/film/waiting_for_fidel. Retrieved 2009-03-16. 
  3. ^ Eder, Richard (November 14, 1975). "Waiting For Fidel (1975) Two Fresh and Funny Films on Indonesia and Cuba". New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A03E5D61E39E63BBC4C52DFB767838E669EDE. Retrieved 25 September 2009. 

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