Fidelandia: Behind the Curtain of Cuba's Revolution

(Fidelandia: Behind the Curtain of Cuba's Revolution)
Isaias Castañeda | Documentary

2017 | 77 minutes | Cuba, United States

Fidelandia takes a look at the country’s culture post Fidel’s fifty-year reign, exploring how the youth deals with the influence of Western culture impacting the country by way of tourism, the use of illegal Internet, and television.

Synopsis

When Cuba’s former dictator, Fulgencio Batista, was overthrown from power by Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries in the late 1950’s, the people of Cuba were promised a better country. They were promised the opportunity to rise to a higher standard of living, but according to many struggling to survive within the population, Fidel Castro failed to deliver his promise, delivering instead a growing stagnation of an aging economy.

Fidelandia: Behind the Curtain of Cuba's Revolution takes a look at the country’s current culture post Fidel’s fifty-year reign, exploring how the youth deals with the influence of Western culture impacting the country by way of tourism, the use of illegal Internet, and television.

Reviews

"Part history lesson, part sociological assessment, Isaias Castañeda's documentary presents a surprising even-handed view of Fidel Castro's Cuba. Recommended." — P. Hall, Video Librarian

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Main credits

Castañeda, Isaias (film director)
Reveco, Ignacio J. (film producer)
Gebhard, Glenn (film producer)

Other credits

Editor, Ignacio J. Reveco; music, Rodrigo Izquierdo.


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DIRECTOR: Isaias Castañeda

NATIONALITY: Cuba, United States

YEAR: 2017

GENRE: Documentary

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adults

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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