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Academy-Award® winning director, Oliver Stone delivers a candid, in-depth conversation with one of the most controversial world leaders of our time, Fidel Castro. Stone challenges Castro to explain actions following the execution of three political dissidents who attempted to hijack a ferry to the United States in April 2003. Castro's response and his actions were condemned worldwide, further isolating Cuba.

Stone was given unprecedented access, interviewing not only Castro, but many of the prisoners, their wives, leading dissidents, and human rights advocates -- all of whom express their views forcefully in the emotionally-charged environment of Cuba today.

Whether or not you accept Castro's world view, Stone's, tough but fair portrait helps to illuminate Cuba's unique and complicated place in the world.

Is Castro a moral leader defending his small island against a superpower or is he an iron-fisted tyrant who tolerates no criticism? Or is the truth somewhere in between?

The Chinese communist revolution of the 1940s promised women equality after thousands of years of subservience to men. But has the revolution reversed the tradition of tyranny towards women? As this film shows, today's Chinese women have little more control over their lives than did their ancestors. Their concerns are neglected while their burdens increase.

Half the Sky takes viewers to remote villages and urban factories. Few women receive an education because education is not free and families will usually only spend money on boys. We learn that women are the first to be laid off in failing state run businesses. Private businesses hire men before women. Most enlightening are the candid remarks of individual women, from poor cave dwellers to education professional women. Despite the theory of equality, a woman remains obedient first to her father, than to her husband, and late in life to her son.