Fidel

This film marks the 100th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s birth and tells the story of the Cuban leader’s life. Fidel survived over 600 assassination attempts by the CIA – his ideals made him a prime target. Despite relentless pressure from the United States, he managed to force Washington to treat Cuba as a power to be reckoned with.

During Castro’s rule, the country made remarkable strides in medicine, science, and education, despite enduring decades of an American economic embargo.

In the Soviet Union, it was often said that Fidel had turned Cuba into an ‘island of freedom’. Castro first came to Moscow in 1963. That visit would go down in history – no foreign leader had ever addressed the nation from the podium of Lenin’s Mausoleum before.

Decades on, Fidel’s ideas remain alive, and for many, he still stands as a symbol of freedom and independence.

Watch “Fidel” on RTD website and on RT’s live feed. The time of the broadcast is available on RT’s schedule page.