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couple of great docs about venezuela
the revolution will not be televised ( i'm guessing EVERYONES seen this! if not you should do )
the revolution will not be televised ( i'm guessing EVERYONES seen this! if not you should do )
venezuela from belowHUGO 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.”
There’s a coup d’etat and a couple of Irish documentary filmmakers are right inside of it.
A democratically elected president who uses his power to bring literacy to his people and encourages them to read the constitution is being slandered by the private media openly as dictator, mentally unstable, new Hitler, etc. without repercussion from the government's side (like, say, silencing them via bullets and other traditional dictatorial methods). Oh, and they still claim that they are being suppressed, of course.
See how the media gloats about their own role in the coup d’etat on TV after they toppled the government with the help of rogue generals (how much more stupid can you get?? ).
And see how the people of Venezuela march to the palace, holding the constitution in their hands, and reinstall their elected government.
This sounds like a Hollywood fairytale, but it happened for real, against the explicit wishes of the USA. The documentary is a historical masterpiece, shot from the center of the action, acute and totally embarrassing for the prime supporters of the coup: The good, democratic, freedom loving, benevolent USA (who still channel large amounts of money to Chavez’ political opponents).
This documentary consists mostly of interviews with working-class Venezuelan women and men, including a few long-time left activists, talking about how they have been affecting and affected by the changes in Venezuela since the election of Hugo Chavez. It will disappoint those looking for "balance" between revolutionary and counter-revolutionary views, but will be of great interest to those interested in understanding the accomplishments and limitations of the Bolivarian process. It also has some nice musical interludes to prevent information overload.
The full title of the original DVD is Venezuela Von Unten/Venezuela From Below/Venezuela Desde Abajo. The audio is all in Spanish, but the German and English versions are subtitled and captioned -- very professionally -- in the respective languages. The version presented here is with English subtitles.
The videomakers are Dario Azzellini, a journalist and long-time Berlin resident, and Oliver Ressler, a Viennese artist working largely in video and installations. They have recently released a new DVD, "5 Factories: Worker Control in Venezuela" (also in three languages). Their web sites are at https://www.azzellini.net/ and https://www.ressler.at/.
While I have the permission of the videographers to distribute this video in various forms, the quality of this rip and the content of these notes are my responsibility.
