Nelson mandela et fidel castro biography
Nelson Mandela and Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro had deep respect and affection for each other – and it shines through in Mandela and Fidel, a new....
Nelson Mandela and Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro had deep respect and affection for each other – and it shines through in Mandela and Fidel, a new documentary by award-winning filmmaker Estela Bravo.
US-born Bravo became a resident of revolutionary Cuba in the 1960s, and came to filmmaking comparatively late in life.
The ANC leader visited the island nation in and had interactions with Fidel Castro that would inform some of his negotiations with the National Party to.
She has made dozens of films, most around sensitive social and political issues involving Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa. She has also made acclaimed documentaries about Castro.
The documentary was screened on Tuesday, 25 February 2014 in Unisa’s ZK Matthews Great Hall in Tshwane, as part of the first in a three-part series of Mandela/Fidel Legacy Dialogues.
The second will be held later this year in Cuba, and the third in South Africa.
In opening the event, at which Bravo was an honoured guest, Nelson Mandela Foundation CEO Sello Hatang noted that Mandela and Castro always met with the greeting “my brother”.
Cuba had