Estela Bravo is a US-Latina documentary filmmaker whose films have covered specific political events through Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean and the U.S.  The London National Film Theatre (NFT) has acknowledged her as "one of the world's foremost documentary filmmakers."  Her work has been aired on PBS (US), CBC (Canada), Channel 4 (UK), RAI (Italy), Canal Plus (France), ABC (Australia), and other stations throughout Europe and Latin America. Her films have received attention in The New York Times, The Daily News, The Miami Herald, The Manchester Guardian, The Economist, Le Monde Diplomatique, and Spain's El País (a liberal newspaper) and ABC (a conservative nespaper), among others.  Fidel (2001), her latest film, was shown at the Toronto Film Festival and received an award in New York's Urbanworld Film Festival for "distinguished achievement for excellence in documentary filmmaking." 

• FIDEL (2001).  Color, 91 min - 35mm film/video. 
• THE CUBAN EXCLUDABLES (1997).   Color, 57 min., video.
• MIAMI-HAVANA (1994).   Color, 52 min, video. 
• AFTER THE BATTLE (1991).  Color, 58 mins., 16mm film/video. 
• CHILDREN IN DEBT (1987).   Color, 29 mins, 16mm film/video. 
• HOLY FATHER AND GLORIA (1987).   Color, 43 min, 16mm film/video. 
• MISSING CHILDREN (1985).  Color, 28 mins, 16 mm film/video.
• RETURNING TO CHILE (1986).  Color, 16mm film. 
• LOS MARIELITOS (1983).   Color, 16mm film. 
• THE CUBAN EXCLUDABLES (1997).   Color, 57 min., video.

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Fidel (2001)

Dr. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
(Cuba: 13 August 1926 - )

Genre: Documentary (more) 

Credited cast: 
Fidel Castro ....  Himself
Muhammad Ali ....  Himself
Harry Belafonte ....  Himself
Angela Davis ....  Herself
Elián Gonzalez ....  Himself
Nelson Mandela ....  Himself
Ted Turner ....  Himself
Vlasta Vrana ....  Narrator (voice)
Alice Walker ....  Herself

Runtime: 91 min 
Country: USA 
Language: English 
Color: Black and White / Color 
Sound Mix: Stereo 

Produced by:
Ernesto Bravo ....  executive producer 
Alan Fountain ....  producer 
David Frankel ....  executive producer 
Silvia Steven ....  producer 

Original Music by:
Frank Fernández

Cinematography by:
Roberto Chile
Kevin Keating

Film Editing by:
Davey Frankel
Fermín González
Mónica Henríquez
Felipe Lacerda

Sound Department:
Peter Tooke ....  sound 
T. Walker ....  sound