Che: The Argentine. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1963 book, Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War
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Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War
Ernesto Che Guevara, 1963
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Steven Soderbergh, 2008

Part one of the biographical film about Argentine Marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara. The Argentine begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.


Che: Guerrilla. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1967 book, The Bolivian Diary
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The Bolivian Diary
Ernesto Che Guevara, 1967
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Steven Soderbergh, 2008

The second part of Che begins on 3 November 1966 with Guevara arriving in Bolivia disguised as a middle-aged representative of the Organization of American States hailing from Uruguay, who subsequently drives into the mountains to meet his men. On Day 100, there is a shortage of food and Guevara exercises discipline to resolve conflicts between his Cuban and Bolivian followers.


Fast Food Nation. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 2001 book, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Eric Schlosser, 2001
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Richard Linklater, 2006

Don Anderson is the Mickey’s hamburger chain marketing director who helped develop the Big One, its most popular menu item. When he learns that independent research has discovered a considerable presence of fecal matter in the meat, he travels to the fictitious town of Cody, Colorado to determine if the local Uni-Globe meatpacking processing plant, Mickey’s main meat supplier, is guilty of sloppy production.


The Quarry. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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The Quarry
Damon Galgut, 1995
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Scott Teems, 2020

A man on the run from his own sins, finds himself in a small border town in Texas, impersonating a reverend. The town are quickly drawn to the man’s unorthodox sermons, but so is a police chief who has his suspicions.