Che: Rise & Fall

Che Rise and Fall is a documentary film created by Eduardo MontesBradley.The film was entirely shot in Cuba at the time Che Guevaras remains were airlifted from Bolivia to Santa Clara the final resting place. The documentary features the testimonies of Guevaras comradesinarms in Sierra Maestra, Congo and Bolivia, also with Alberto Granado with whom Guevara rode a motorcycle from Argentina on a trip that will end, tragically, sixteen years later in the jungles of Bolivia, an experience that was brought to the big screen on The Motorcycle Diaries. Che Rise and Falls begins with an account of Guevaras death in Bolivia in 1967, and fittingly ends with footage of the return of his remains for internment in a monument in Santa Claras Revolution Square someyears later.

The documentary is structured around the testimony of Guevaras childhood friend Alberto Granado, and those of Alberto Castellanos, Enrique Oltuski, Argudn Mendoza, Enrique Pombo Villegas, all members of his elite military entourage of Che Guevara during his revolutionary incursions in Sierra Maestra, Congo, and Bolivia. Che Rise and Fall, was shot in La Habana, Bolivia, and undisclosed locations in Africa. What seems to distinguish this documentary from other biographical attempts to capture the man behind the myth, is the fact that even though the filmmaker features a wealth of archival stills and film footage, its essentially an oral history, told by those who actually knew Ernesto Guevara. Filmed on Super 16mm. Aspect Ratio 1.661 DVD Release Date July 13, 2006.Che Rise and Fall has been invited to participate at the 20mes Rencontres Cinmas dAmrique Latine de Toulouse, in France. The documentary is also listed by WorldCat as available at some fifty university and public libraries in the United States including the University of Virginia, National Defense University Library, Defense Intelligence Agency, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Bucknell University, University of Pennsylvania Libraries,The College of New Jersey, Morehead State University, Ohio State University Libraries, Emory University, Dartmouth College Library, Universit du Qubec Montral, and Tulane University. ........

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