Which Historicallly-based documentary was released first, The Silent Historian by Dutch filmmaker Simonka de Jong, or Restrepo, directed by American journalist Sebastian Junger?
The Silent Historian The Silent Historian (original title: "Het zwijgen van Loe de Jong [The Silence of Loe de Jong]") is a 2011 Dutch documentary film by Simonka de Jong, shown as part of the January 2012 New York Jewish Film Festival, presented in partnership with Jewish Museum and Film Society of Lincoln Center.
Waiting for Fidel Waiting for Fidel is a documentary film from the National Film Board of Canada, in which Joey Smallwood, former Premier of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland media mogul Geoff Stirling; and director Michael Rubbo document their visit to Cuba in an unsuccessful attempt to interview Fidel Castro. Much of the film consists of the progressive-minded Smallwood and free-market supporter Stirling debating the effects of the Castro regime.