Che: Rise & Fall
| Che: Rise and Fall | |
|---|---|
 UK Release, 2006 | |
| Directed by | Eduardo Montes-Bradley |
| Produced by | Soledad Liendo |
| Starring | Alberto Granado, Alberto Castellanos, Enrique Oltuski, Argudín Mendoza, Enrique “Pombo” Villegas |
| Music by | Various |
| Edited by | Eduardo Montes-Bradley |
| Distributed by | Alexander Street Press, Heritage Film Project. |
Release dates | USA 2006 |
Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | Spanish with english Subtitles. Doubled into German. |
Che Rise and Fall is a documentary film created by Eduardo Montes-Bradley.Che: Rise and Fall, was entirely shot in Cuba at the time the remains of Che Guevara were airlifted from Bolivia to his final resting place in Santa Clara. The documentary brings out the testimonies of his brothers in arms in Sierra Maestra, Congo and Bolivia, also Alberto Granados with whom Guevara rode on a motorcycle out of Argentina on a trip that will end, tragically, sixteen years later in the jungles of Bolivia. The film reveals an unorthodox approach to the myth of Che Guevara. According to Lourdes Vázquez from Rutgers University Library, the film documents Che’s frustrated experience for the period spent fighting a in Congo's Revolutionary War as well as his sense of failure.[1] The documentary includes original archival footage, original photographs taken by Che Guevara himself, and images from the ceremony of the returning of Che’s remains to Santa Clara, Cuba originally included on the documentary Che, a man of this world (1998) by Marcelo Schapces.[2]
Che: Rise and Fall was premiered on Nat Geo on June 14, 2007[3][4] and has been released on DVD in the USA, Germany,[5] United Kingdom, Portugal, and Spain.
Production Notes
The documentary includes the testimonies of Guevara’s friend Alberto Granado, and members of his elite military entourage Alberto Castellanos, Enrique Oltuski, Argudín Mendoza, Enrique “Pombo” Villegas. Che: Rise and Fall, was shot in La Habana, Bolivia, and undisclosed locations in Africa. Filmed on Super 16mm. Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 DVD Release Date: July 13, 2006.
Festivals
- 20èmes Rencontres Cinémas d'Amérique Latine de Toulouse, France.
Notes
- ↑ Vázquez, Lourdes, Rutgers University Library. Educational Media Reviews Online. October 2, 2007
- ↑ Konno, Kiyoshi. Illustrations by Shimano, Chie. "Che Guevara". Pinguin Group. New York, USA. Bibliography
- ↑ Libr’insula, la isla de los libros. Vol 4. N. 180. June 15th, 2007
- ↑ Diario Clarin. Buenos Aires, Sunday, June 10, 2007
- ↑ Che Guevara: Aufstieg un Fall Eines Grossen Revolutionärs. 2007 Edel entertainment GmbH. PAL.