
AfterdirectingtwodocumentariesonFidelCastroin2002("Comandante")and2003("LookingforFidel"),filmmakerOliverStonereturnedtointerviewCastroin2009forthefirstin-depthconversationsinceCastrohadsteppeddownaspresidentandrecoveredfromcolonsurgery.Inthisnewfilm,Castroisinterviewedathome,surroundedbyhisfamily.Thestimulatingconversationisfriendlyandcasual,asCastrooffershisperspectiveoncurrentleaderssuchasPresidentBarackObamaandSecretaryofStateHillaryClinton,aswellascontroversialeventssuchasthecoupinHonduras,upheavalinIran,andthecollapseoftheSovietUnion'seffectontheCubaneconomicmodel.Castroalsoreflectsonsomeofthedefiningmomentsofhislifeduringthelast50years,includingJohnF.Kennedy'sassassinationandtheCubanMissileCrisis.
