Cuba Premiered Argentinean Documentary on Che

The documentary "Che, A new Man", by Argentinean filmmaker Tristan Bauer was premiered at 330 Cuban films and video halls, presenting a human, live portrait, with new profiles.

In about one and a half hour, the film deals with the life of the guerrilla, his political thinking, his family relations, an his love for literature and arts, based on a comprehensive historic research the director made for 12 years.

"I knew it was a challenge, but I had to try to transmit the concept of a man who studies, immersed in a deep theoretic reflection on a par with action," Bauer told press.

The documentary was co-produced by the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC), the Center on Che Guevara's Studies, Argentina' National Film and Audiovisual Institute, the National University of San Martin, the Spanish Television, and Golem Distribution Label.

It was screened on the occasion of the 43rd death anniversary of Ernesto Guevara in Bolivia.

It is an audiovisual material of incalculable value, a portrait enriched with substantial contributions by the Center bearing his name, and unexposed images granted by ICAIC.

Important Cuban Documents Added to Memory of the World

We are really very glad ‘cause a group of important Cuban document archives were added to the Memory of the World Program of the United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization this week.

The collection on Jose Marti included some two thousands documents about the life and work of the Cuban national hero and the most complete film collection of significant events that took place in Cuba and the rest of the region between 1959 and 1990 are part of the legacy.

Also included were documentary collections “Life and Work of Ernesto Che Guevara” and “In a Canoe from the Amazons to the Caribbean”, an expedition carried out in 1987 led by the Cuban speleologist, Antonio Núñez Jiménez, following the route of pre-historic tribes from the Amazonian basins to mark their discovery of this geographic area.

The archives added to UNESCO's program was completed with the Historical Archives of Cuban surveyor Serafín Sanchez Govin, and the Collection of documents about people who have visited the Hotel National of Cuba and events that have been hosted by the National Monument facility.

Since 1992 UNESCO’s Memory of the World Program was created to preserve valuable archive holdings and world heritage’s collections.