Estela Bravo’s smooth hagiography of Fidel Castro portrays the Cuban leader as "a socialist survivor in a capitalist world" and focuses on his political and symbolic importance for Latin American and African postcolonial liberation movements. Newsreel footage is weighted toward state occasions with cheering crowds. Gabriel García Márquez, Alice Walker, Harry Belafonte, Angela Davis, and other notables give testimonials. Criticism of Castro’s civil-rights record is addressed in a dainty manner, through his apologists’ words. In a representative scene, the jeep in which Castro takes Ted Turner on a grand tour of Cuba breaks down — proving, in the film’s terms, that Fidel, just like regular Cubans, is inconvenienced under his country’s austere economy. After a quick repair, the jeep starts up again — signifying that Cuba will keep moving forward in spite of setbacks. That’s the film’s consistent level of rhetoric. But however simple-minded Fidel is, it can be valued as a corrective to US propaganda.