''Comandante'' is a political
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
by
American director
Oliver Stone. In the film, Stone interviews
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
n leader
Fidel Castro 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 early that year.
The film was partly produced by
HBO 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
Hugo or HUGO may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Hugo'' (film), a 2011 film directed by Martin Scorsese
* Hugo Award, a science fiction and fantasy award named after Hugo Gernsback
* Hugo (franchise), a children's media franchise based on a ...
.
*''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 ...
'' – 2017 film by Oliver Stone of interviews with Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
, 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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