This documentary is a personal profile of Fidel Castro and a view of the developments since the revolution, which had taken place 10 years before. There are many images of Fidel: listening to local complaints, lecturing engineers, arguing, laughing, and philosophizing. As he travels the countryside in a jeep with the film crew, Landau uses his experiences and impromptu conversations with Castro to explain the Cuban revolutionary experience. Fidel features beautiful footage of the Cuban lifestyle, the Bay of Pigs invasion, Fidel and Che Guevara in the mountains, as well as interviews with political prisoners.

"The great quality of this remarkable film is that it is educational in the best possible sense. It gives you a feeling for what revolution - any revolution - is actually about, what it means in all its implications and how it affects the lives of the people. The task in making this film seems in retrospect to have been enormous and it is a tribute to the makers that they produced such an exciting and illuminating work. I found it completely absorbing from the start to finish. A tapistry for history." - Ralph Gleason, Rolling Stone

This Link TV special presentation features an introduction and interview with director Saul Landau who talks about getting to know Fidel Castro, his effect on Latin America, and what is likely to happen when he passes away.

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