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The
Revolution will not be Televised |
DIRECTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY KIM BARTLEY AND
DONNACHA O'BRIAIN IRELAND, 2003 74 MINUTES
IN
SPANISH WITH
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
HUGO CHAVEZ ELECTED PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA IN 1998, IS A
COLORFUL, UNPREDICTABLE FOLK HERO, beloved by his nation's
working class and a tough-as-nails, quixotic opponent to
the power structure that would see him deposed. Two
independent filmmakers were inside the presidential
palace on April 11, 2002, when he was forcibly removed from
office. They were also present 48 hours later when,
remarkably, he returned to power amid cheering aides. Their
film records what was probably history's shortest-lived coup
d'état. It's a unique document about political muscle and an
extraordinary portrait of the man The Wall
Street Journal credits with making Venezuela "Washington‚s
biggest Latin American headache after the old
standby, Cuba." |
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