As always, one or two things are incorrect, but otherwise quite neutral narrative. Hide Spoilers. 6 out of 48 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? 8 out of 12 found this helpful. This is a great documentary about Cuba's history up until Castro seized power. Then it is just a propaganda from the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Cuba Libre Story (2016) User Reviews Review this title 15 Reviews. 6 out of 14 found this helpful. 7 out of 19 found this helpful. 2 out of 16 found this helpful.
Yet another anti-leftist film produced by biased right wing bourgeoisie. The Cuba Libre Story (2015) is available on Netflix United States. A disappointing documentary. Based on the bestselling memoir.An aspiring young country singer finds the band she's been missing when she takes a job as a nanny for a musically talented family.Filmmaker Kirsten Johnson and her elderly father stage his death in various ways to help them confront his inevitable demise with humor and poignancy.A teen with the power of invisibility is dragged into a small-time criminal's quest to rule the neighborhood, and gets to know a mysterious art student. "who defends communism? The story is simply not complete without this. Was this review helpful?
1. It seems to follow some sort of alternate history but since most of the content is in Spanish, German, or French I cannot really tell. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 3 /10. 7,8 Happiness. Was this review helpful? The lease is available online. Where are the women and people of color? 2.
Very much from a US perspective (though apparently a German production?). 1 out of 1 found this helpful. The bias becomes most clear in the last 2-3 episodes, though with hindsight the relatively cavalier treatment of Batista is clear. It is missing dissenting voices and voices from within Cuba. Absence of attention on US policy in Latin America and, especially, the impact of the US embargo on Cuba is egregious. The only point they want to make towards the later episodes is: Socialism Bad! There is no excuse for not reading the lease and seeing what the actual terms are. The Daiquiri, the Mojito and El Presidente are among the classic cocktails that call Cuba home. The series weaves together over 50 exclusive interviews with the most important experts and eyewitnesses of Cuban history – both from within and outside the island with never-before-seen archive footage. Sadly I don't really like the narrator's voice in English. “The Cuba Libre Story” tells Cuba’s complete history – looking back at 500 years before the Castro Brothers, and ahead at what will come after them. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central 0 out of 0 found this helpful. The documentary series that chronicles the history of Cuba begins with an examination of the native Cubans, Spanish invaders and the introduction of slavery. Finally, they don't even bother refer to Cuba's medical and educational system (both systems are considered as top quality systems globally) or any other facts about the Cuban economy from 1959. Pure US Propaganda gpeters-211-251518 25 November 2018. 5 out of 8 found this helpful. 0 out of 0 found this helpful.
This documentary is very well made, and is up to you whether you understand the point they are making or not. For them Castro is just another one dictator who destroyed Cuba's economy (the Batista's casino-mafia economy) and oppress his own people.
It is not a long document. As the title says. I love History and I love Fidel Castro so don't get me wrong. I pray people will do more research and educate themselves. I really enjoyed this documentary. For example, that the lease is perpetual.
After four centuries of Spanish colonial rule, Cubans win their independence, but U.S. intervention at the eleventh hour comes with a price. Moreover, they don't either judge the Bay of Pigs Invasion, a direct US invasion to an independent nation and its President, so as to protect the interests of their multinational companies (ITT, United Fruit, Francisco Sugar Company, Bethlehem Steel Corporation etc). High, Wild, And Free. They keep referring to Socialism as a form of Government, when in fact it is an economic system. War and Sugar 52m. Was this review helpful? Breaking Chains 51m. Was this review helpful? In general, this is a shameless, ahistorican, anti-socialist propaganda from Netflix. 35 out of 56 found this helpful. It's sad that Netflix is showing this. 8 out of 15 found this helpful. 37 out of 70 found this helpful. Lies about Castro killing his own men to retain power, lies about how Castro ruined the economy and not America's embargo, lies about the USSR not being embargoed, lies about the extent of imperialism of the United States. 2 out of 4 found this helpful. In the last episode there is mention of Guantanamo Bay, and it's amazing how the discussion of known US war crimes and cruelty is sugarcoated and brushed aside. This documentary series recounts the tumultuous history of Cuba, a nation of foreign conquest, freedom fighters and Cold War political machinations.