''Comandante'' is a political
documentary film by
American
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director
Oliver Stone
William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Stone won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as writer of '' Midnight Express'' (1978), and wrote the gangster film remake '' Sc ...
. In the film, Stone interviews
Cuban leader
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 200 ...
on a diverse range of topics. Stone and his film crew visited Castro in Cuba for three days in 2002, and the film was released in 2003, having its premiere at the
Sundance Film Festival
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early that year.
The film was partly produced by
HBO
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and was planned for broadcast. Shortly before airtime, after Cuba executed three hijackers of a ferry to the United States and imprisoned more than 70 political dissidents, HBO pulled the program.
Oliver Stone Rewrites History — Again
- NY Times, Nov. 22, 2012. To this day, it still has not been given a video release in the USA.
See also
*'' South of the Border'' – 2009 film by Oliver Stone of interviews with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
*''The Putin Interviews
''The Putin Interviews'' is a four-part, four-hour television series by Oliver Stone. It was first broadcast in 2017.
The series was created from several interviews of Vladimir Putin conducted by Stone between 2015 and 2017.
Summary
Stone's i ...
'' – 2017 film by Oliver Stone of interviews with Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.
References
External links
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Natural Born 'Comandante': Oliver Stone Meets Fidel Castro
2003 films
Films directed by Oliver Stone
American documentary films
Documentary films about Fidel Castro
2000s American films
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