The Cuba Libre Story

As a student of history I found this series to be very beneficial in understanding the history and culture of Cuba. I disagree with the other review that claims that this narrative is one sided. The events in Cuban history are detailed and explained which helps the viewer to understand what brought Cuba to the point it is today. As there long struggle is explained, one can see that Cuba still has a long way to go to really become free. Yes, Castro was no hero and was a dictator who murdered thousands and turned on many of his friends. To leave that out would do Cuba an injustice. Hopefully we can see the day when we have normal relations with the island nation as this older generation of leaders in Cuba die off and American Presidents don't feel the need to "politicize" the issue of Cuba, and reverse progress toward normalization like Trump did.

I took off 1 star because most of the series covers from 1900 to the present and I wish they had spent more time on earlier history. Also they mostly focused on rural Cuba and ignored Havana.

Overall I still I thought this series was very informative because they talked to a lot of people who were there at the time. That means you don't have to just rely on historians to tell you what they think. They interview Cubans on the island as well as in exile - that is as fair and objective as you can get. Maybe the people that think this series is biased shouldn't assume the subtitles catch everything and give it to you verbatim.

As the title says. I was born in Cuba in 1989, so don't tell me I know nothing because I do. This documentary is very well made, and is up to you whether you understand the point they are making or not. I love History and I love Fidel Castro so don't get me wrong. I have read Cuban history books, and I had the pleasure of having great professors from kindergarten all the way through my years in the University of Havana. I lived 26 years in Las Tunas and my mom has a MD in Economics and taught me about Marx, Lenin and Castro. I have lived on both sides of the country and have seen things first hand, if you didn't like it because it didn't match your views or your reckoning, get your facts together and go and read "El diario del Che en Bolivia", "La historia me absolverá" and "La edad de oro", oh, and also some history book written for the kids in the fifth grade, then you will see the documentary is not that bad after all.

The only point they want to make towards the later episodes is: Socialism Bad! They keep referring to Socialism as a form of Government, when in fact it is an economic system. Dictatorship/Authoritarianism is the problem, not socialist economy. There is some good history but it's hard to get around the Reich Wing fog cast upon it.

I really enjoyed this documentary. It provides a quite objective view about the whole history of Cuba from the beginnings to today. The several comments from authors, historians and witnesses are very helpful guiding the story. Sadly I don't really like the narrator's voice in English. If you are a German speaker, I'd recommend you to switch to German, because then all of the Comments are narrated, and the narrator sounds better to me.