archivetruther

I don’t know whether the new film produced by @50cent and @djkhaled is truly based on facts or is just another trashy, money-making PR stunt announced at a time when Cuba is being threatened by Trump on a daily basis. The fact that Al Pacino is a main character is a bonus. It is also fittingly ironic that “Michael Corleone”—who was in pre-revolutionary Havana cutting and distributing the "Cuban cake" at the Hotel Nacional—now seems to be the U.S. officer plotting to kill Fidel Castro in NYC, a direct reference to the complicity between the CIA and the Mafia during those days. What truly is documented and declassified by the U.S. government is that Fidel survived 634 assassination schemes or attempts. We’ll see whether the movie goes in depth on Fidel’s relationship with Malcolm X; his main reason for being in the U.S. (seeking better relations with the American people); his historic speech at the UN General Assembly; and his several meetings with high-ranking U.S. officials, including Nixon—or whether it is just a film that skims the surface of what could have been a truly interesting story.