Chevolution

Chevolution (2008)

  • 80% of critics liked it
    (15 reviews)

  • 56% of users liked it
    (2,036 ratings)

On March 5, 1960, Che Guevara, one of the architects of the Cuban revolution, attended a memorial service for seventy-five men who died while explosive cargo was being unloaded from a ship in the Havana harbor. Photographer Alberto Korda snapped a picture of Guevara at the event, and while it went… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 26 min.
Directed By
Luis Lopez, Trisha Ziff
Written By
Trisha Ziff, Sylvia Stevens
Genres
Musical & Performing Arts, Documentary
In Theaters
Apr 1, 2008 Wide
On DVD
Jan 19, 2010
Red Envelope Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Ronnie Scheib, Variety

    The pic comes off as too scattershot to do anything but skim the questions it raises about the nature of the image as spiritual beacon and corporate logo.

  • Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

    The Cannes Che, probably a film no one will see again, is a big, sprawling, ambitious mess. It's less a grand-opera mess than a beautifully constructed machine whose parts don't all quite work together.

  • Ian Buckwalter, DCist

    A history of Guevara that not only succeeds in avoiding either blind lionization or reactionary condemnation, but that looks at him via the lens through which we most often see him: a single iconic photograph.

  • Phil Hall, IdentityTheory

    A genuinely interesting film about a photograph that still, after 50 years, continues to haunt and intrigue us.

  • Adam Lee Davies, Little White Lies

    A tight, energetic documentary.

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  • Panta O


    Interesting attempt to explore the phenomenon of Che Guevara from a different angle. Chevolution is trying to track the legendary revolutionary's life, right from the early stages to his meeting with Fidel Castro leading to his association with the Cuban revolution and his… More

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