DocSpot screening of Fidelity (Requiem por Fidel)
A second chance to see this film which played to a packed house on the opening night of the LIDF09.
Whilst the international press speculates on the imminent death of Fidel Castro and the Cuban community of Miami is already celebrating his funeral, on the island the condition of his health is a state secret. But the umbilical cord that ties every Cuban to the revolution is beginning to be severed, and a new energy is emerging in the country. A portrait of a complicated society, balanced precariously between past and future, revolution and capitalism, destined to disappear with its leader.
Fidelity screens at Barbican Cinema 3, Wednesday 15th July, 20.30.
To book tickets, click here. To read our interview with directors Alessandra Magnaghi and Ortensia Visconti, click here. To read a review of the film, click here.
Plus post-film discussion with Michael Chanan (Professor of Film & Video at Roehampton University, London and a documentary film-maker), and Stephen Wilkinson (Assistant Director of the International Institute for the Study of Cuba at the London Metropolitan University). Chaired by Nick Walker (Film Education)
