Embargo

Name: Embargo
Genre: Biography, History, Crime, War, Documentary
Released: September 8, 2017
Duration: 85 min
Cast: Ann Louise Bardach, Lucie Arnaz, Ricardo Alarcón, Robert Kennedy Jr., Russ Baker

2017

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| Release Date: September 8, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Ann Louise Bardach, Lucie Arnaz, Ricardo Alarcón, Robert Kennedy Jr., Russ Baker, Sam Farr, Sergei Khrushchev, T.J. English, Vicki J. Huddleston, William Delahunt

Summary: Embargo documents the journey of an American woman, Jeri Rice's quest for truth, beginning with a rare encounter with Cuban President, Fidel Castro in 2002, when the Communist leader confesses to her that the utopia he tried to create, did not succeed and he was unable to fix it. Rice sets out to find out why her country's unprecedentedEmbargo documents the journey of an American woman, Jeri Rice's quest for truth, beginning with a rare encounter with Cuban President, Fidel Castro in 2002, when the Communist leader confesses to her that the utopia he tried to create, did not succeed and he was unable to fix it. Rice sets out to find out why her country's unprecedented embargo of Cuba has persisted unabated, long after the Cold War. Along with information from recently declassified documents and original interviews with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Sergei Khrushchev, Ted Sorensen, and Lucie Arnaz—among others—an unprecedented array of historical, political, social and cultural perspectives is revealed. New insights into: the Fulgencio Batista-Richard Nixon- CIA connections; Nixon’s link to the failed Bay of Pig invasion; behind the scenes with Ted Sorensen during the Cuban Missile Crisis; Watergate and more.… Expand

Director: Jeri Rice

Genre(s): Biography, History, Crime, War, Documentary, News

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Sep 7, 2017

Embargo plays like a freshman college paper that’s long on reference material but comes up short in establishing an overriding premise. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Sep 8, 2017

Diffuse and rambling, the documentary offers plenty of fascinating historical tidbits but lacks the breadth and depth to do justice to its complicated narrative. Read full review

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