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Waiting for Fidel

197557mMichael Rubbo

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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)

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What is Waiting for Fidel (1975) about?

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…

Who stars in Waiting for Fidel?

Waiting for Fidel stars Geoff Stirling (Self), Fidel Castro (Self), Erich Honecker (Self), Bernabe Ordez (Self), Michael Rubbo (Self). The film was directed by Michael Rubbo.

How long is Waiting for Fidel?

Waiting for Fidel has a runtime of 57 min and premiered in 1975.

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