HONG KONG – "Chevolution" the Netflix-backed docu about Alberto Korda's famously enigmatic photo of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara, has been picked up by int'l sales agent Fortissimo Films.

Pic, which preems at next month's Tribeca Film Festival, was financed by Netflix's original content unit Red Envelope Entertainment. Deal between Red Envelope and Fortissimo sees Hong Kong and Amsterdam-based Fortissimo handle sales in all territories outside North America. Helmed by Trisha Ziff and Luis Lopez, pic will have its market premiere in Cannes in May.

Footage includes interviews with Gael Garcia Bernal, Antonio Banderas, Tom Morello, and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams.

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