Waiting for Fidel (1974)
- Directed by
- Michael Rubbo
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 57 min
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A documentary filmmaker and two Newfoundland political figures try to arrange an interview with Fidel Castro in 1970s Cuba. Their plans keep falling through, and the film records their waiting and small misadventures.
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What happens
Waiting for Fidel is a 1974 Canadian documentary by Michael Rubbo and starring director Rubbo, former premier of Newfoundland and Labrador Joey Smallwood and Newfoundland media mogul Geoff Stirling. It depicts Rubbo, Smallwood, and Stirling's unsuccessful attempt to interview Cuban leader Fidel Castro. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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De American so hijo... y a ella me debo (1975)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.