Alpert formed a rare bond with Castro, who allowed him to ask "anything" and even travel with him on his private plane to New York in 1979.
Cuba and the Cameraman (2017) is an extraordinary, decades-spanning achievement in documentary filmmaking that manages to be both a grand historical sweep and a deeply intimate family album. Directed by veteran journalist Jon Alpert, the film distills over 45 years of footage into a 114-minute chronicle of a nation in flux. Cuba and the Cameraman (2017)
While Castro provides the political framework, the are the true stars. Their stories provide a "street-eye view" of the revolution's promises and failures. image for Cuba and the Cameraman Alpert formed a rare bond with Castro, who