Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
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Facets Video cool docs |
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Facets Video cool docs.
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Summary |
An unlikely trio - filmmaker Michael Rubbo, Geoff Stirling, a millionaire Canadian broadcaster and higher consciousness seeker - and Joey Smallwood, a former Premier of Newfoundland, travel to Cuba in a private jet. Their goal is to meet with Fidel Castro and create a dialogue between him and the United States. But Fidel never show up. Michael Rubbo records each step of this wayward quest to meet the leader of Cuba, Fidel Castro |
Notes |
Title from container |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974 |
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Special features: video interview with Geoff Stirling, the Canadian millionaire traveling with the filmmaker's company, by Roger Maunder of the Nickel Film Festival; video letter from director Michael Rubbo about the making-of 'Waiting for Fidel' |
Credits |
Executive Producer, Colin Low |
Performer |
Interviews with: Joey Smallwood, Geoff Stirling, Erich Honecker, Bernabe Ordez, Michael Rubbo |
Notes |
DVD, All-zone regions, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital |
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Not rated |
Subject |
Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016.
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Diplomacy.
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Interviews.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary
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Video recordings.
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Author |
Rubbo, Michael.
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Smallwood, Joseph R., 1900-1991.
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Stirling, Geoff
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Honecker, Erich.
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Ordez, Bernabe
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National Film Board of Canada.
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Facets Video (Firm)
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ISBN |
1565804139 |
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9781565804135 |
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