Margaret Randall's "Haydée Santamaría, Cuban Revolutionary," the movie

Featured at My Book, The Movie: Haydée Santamaría, Cuban Revolutionary: She Led by Transgression by Margaret Randall.

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As Haydée Santamaría, Cuban Revolutionary is about a real person, and I knew her in life, I had only her--powerfully her--in mind when I wrote it. My aim was to bring her to life in its pages. Because Haydée's life was spectacularly imaginative and daring, though, I think it would make a terrific film. For several reasons, I think of Nicole Kidman in the lead role: she could play the young and aging Haydée equally convincingly, her emotional range is broad and deep, and I think her brilliance would find some interesting challenges.

To direct the film? I'm...[read on]

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My Book, The Movie: Haydée Santamaría, Cuban Revolutionary.

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