One of Argentina’s most famous athlete, Diego Maradona, gets his own experience based on the documentary of the same name being released on October 1.
Last weekend, HBO temporarily opened a two-day experience in Little Italy, SoHo, showcasing memorabilia, and an interview from the Casa De D10s Museum, in preparation for the release for the highly anticipated documentary: Diego Maradona.
The space itself was small, yet it was filled with over 100 pieces of memorabilia, including former soccer jerseys, original magazine covers, and church ornaments. In fact, for some of the artifacts, it was their first time leaving Buenos Aires.
In addition to the priceless items, Sebastian Domenech, artist, and illustrator, was doing a painting of Diego Maradona while the rest of the experience was going on.
After looking around, we were directed to the back of the experience, which was set up like a church with other paintings and pictures of Maradona hung up around the wall. This only proved even more how seriously people worshipped him.
After a brief clip of the documentary, there was an interview with the Curators of Casa de D10s, a museum placed in the first home owned by Maradona. This museum is so important, that it is recognized by the Argentinian Parliament as a historic place.
Both curators, Cesar Martin Perez, and Maria Emilia del Valle, explained how the artifacts were kept and what they meant to the people. They also were able to give more insight about how much he means to the people in Argentina, especially the children who looked up to him and come to their museum in order to also learn more about their favorite soccer player.
Afterwards, there were two questions, both about the type of person Maradona was. Each time, the curators answered with the same type of answer, saying that Maradona is widely loved in Argentina because of his soccer skills, and the fact that the best player in the world at the time was from their country.
The experience was insightful and very cool to see memorabilia like his cleats in person. Soccer fans definitely would have appreciated the little did-you-know’s and facts about Maradona. But even for people who don’t follow soccer or sports, it still left you educated and feeling more appreciative of Maradona.
