I cannot stand how this documentary sheds a flattering light on Fidel. Yes we get it, Fidel fought and revolutionized Cuba against Batista. However he ultimately did that so that he could control and dictate Cuba NOT to free the people. At that time he had done what many considered a good deed. Oh, how these dictators start out seemingly well meaning. If you're going to show the good of Fidel you should show the bad too. Could we please take a look into life under his dictatorship? The poverty, the fear of speaking harshly about Fidel, and the right to vote stripped. The harsh reality of Fidel has inflicted brutality on Cuba in the form of a totalitarian state. This documentary does not go into horrific loss of human political rights under the communist party. Instead it is painting a falsely pretty picture.
My grandmother left Cuba. She was lucky. In the states she met up with another exile who said that Fidel shot her family and neighbors for owning land when he was taking over. They did not want to give over their land to his government so they were shot. Does this documentary uncover that? No. So what about Fidels view of human life and right of ownership for all?
Redemption in his last years on this earth...I don't think so. People may forget or not be aware of his brutality but I think he is far from being judged softly by history.

Since when is the slaughter of human life acceptable? Castro can be summed up like any dictator, unable to avoid the human condition. What is the human condition you ask? Its the inability of any man or woman to control absolute power. Any good intentions quickly become foot notes to retaining that power. Democracy works for the simple reason that it aims to take absolute power out of one persons hand. Granted democracy is not perfect, but it does afford the highest quality of life available to all of its constituents. In a perfect world all things would be equal. Since that can not and will not happen, I will gladly take the best choice, which is freedom. There is no such thing as a free society under dictorial rule.

Castro has been alive for a long time and nothing has really changed in Cuba , even under the charge of his brother Raul. If you are familar with Cuba and are interested in this revolutionary ...Make it a "must see" film.

...always cause the formation of freedom fighters. That is, and always will be, the fruit of the fuedal system (capitalism, monarchy, papacy, etc.). Extreme inequality will always bring about its own end via violent overthrow. It's a cycle in which those who overthrow the the oppressor inevitably wind up filling his shoes. Organized greed and collusion between any kind of imperial countries is almost impossible to excise.Nice documentary but surface stuff. The desparation and excess that coalesced to form the 1958 revolution and that still inform the remnant of present Cuban government, was not adequately rendered. Desolation, hand in hand with a cornucopia of abundance, vice and exclusion would have painted a more visceral picture leading to why an overthrow had to happen and why it may happen again.