American Comandante
November 15, 2015
52m
EN
Adriana Bosch
When he was executed outside a Havana prison on March 11, 1961, the strange story of William Morgan seemed to vanish from the popular imagination as quickly as it had appeared. William Alexander Morgan was one of only a couple dozen US citizens who joined Cuban rebel forces, fighting for Fidel Castro in 1957. With government documents recently declassified, new information has come to light and Morgan’s story has come back into the public eye. American Comandante has the makings of a Cold War thriller— with adventure, spies and historical figures such as J. Edgar Hoover and Chè Guevera. Eyewitness accounts from Morgan’s widow and several Cubans who fought alongside him, as well as commentary from journalists and biographers, tell the story of a man who transformed from a failure to a hero and celebrity. American Comandante is a quintessential American story of a man who reinvented himself.
Oliver Platt
Self - Narrator (voice)
William Alexander Morgan
Self (archival footage)
Fidel Castro
Adriana Bosch
1
Self (archival footage)
Che Guevara
Self (archival footage)
David Grann
Self
Olga Morgan Goodwin
Self
Henry Raymont
Self
Bosch and Company
N/A
American Experience Films
US
WGBH Educational Foundation (US)
N/A
Latino Public Broadcasting
US
