I’ve been watching the Documentary that’s on Netflix “Cuba and the Cameraman” and there’s some great footage, I think it portrays Cuba and its struggles accurately, and also Fidel is an absolute Chad in the doc. I’d like to read about Communist-led Cuba primarily, but anything related to Martí or other prior class struggles are interesting to me also. Thank you in advance, I love Cuba so much for their medical help around the world, I wanna know more about them.
Is the documentary actually sympathetic to Cuba? I haven’t watched because I just assume anything on Netflix portraying a socialist movement is gonna be pig propaganda by default.
It’s not that bad all things considered. Of course it doesn’t show it in an explicitly Pro-Cuban perspective, they show peoples’ lives get better as they age, they visit different people across multiple trips to the country over the course of decades. They show that things got worse during periods of worse sanctions/blockades and during the dissolution of the USSR. Also Fidel is prominently featured in what I’d say is a positive light. The documentarian and his wife and child visit with and personally speak with Castro and he had some very funny moments (R.I.P. Fidel Castro) in his different interviews. I think it’s a great watch, one of the best things on Netflix
