Fidel Castro: The Untold Story (youtube) - Highly recommended as a first step, great overview of Fidel but also the revolution and the internationalism of the Cuban revolutionary state
¡Luchando! Cuba's Struggle to Survive (Kanopy) - Covers the Special Period in Time of Peace, where the US doubled down on the blockade after the fall of the USSR when Cuba overnight lost 80%+ of its trade economy
Cuba and the Cameraman - Netflix - A left liberal documentarian travels to Cuba over the course of several decades, checking in with friends there and showing footage from his interactions with Fidel. Pretty cool, watch with a discerning eye.
Return to Cuba - Kanopy or Prime - A Cuban woman who has lived in Italy for years moves back to the island. Focus on the economic experiments, kinda fascinating.
Fidel es Fidel - youtube - Fidel talking about things, making speeches, playing with kids. Released to celebrate his 90th birthday
Cuba documentaries and where to find them:
Fidel Castro: The Untold Story (youtube) - Highly recommended as a first step, great overview of Fidel but also the revolution and the internationalism of the Cuban revolutionary state
El Che (the documentary with Paco Taibo on Netflix) - Entire life story of Che told by a great leftist author.
¡Luchando! Cuba's Struggle to Survive (Kanopy) - Covers the Special Period in Time of Peace, where the US doubled down on the blockade after the fall of the USSR when Cuba overnight lost 80%+ of its trade economy
Cuba and the Cameraman - Netflix - A left liberal documentarian travels to Cuba over the course of several decades, checking in with friends there and showing footage from his interactions with Fidel. Pretty cool, watch with a discerning eye.
Return to Cuba - Kanopy or Prime - A Cuban woman who has lived in Italy for years moves back to the island. Focus on the economic experiments, kinda fascinating.
Fidel es Fidel - youtube - Fidel talking about things, making speeches, playing with kids. Released to celebrate his 90th birthday
B-B-B-BONUS CLIPS
Long, unedited interview by ABC with Fidel in 1964 where he speaks english (rare) and lays it all out there
First Secretary of the Embassy of Cuba presents a detailed look at Cuban economy, healthcare, tourism, Cuban democracy, the blockade, etc in a forum on US-Cuba relations