February 2009 marked 10 years since Hugo Chavez took office,
following a landslide election victory, and launched his revolution to
bring radical change to Venezuela. While wildly popular with many in the
country, Chavez’s policies and his strongly-worded criticisms of the
U.S. government have also made him powerful enemies, both at home and
abroad, especially in the media.
Filmed in Caracas in November 2008, on the eve of the 10th
anniversary of Chavez’s controversial presidency, this feature-length
documentary takes a journey into the heart of Venezuela’s revolution to
listen to the voices of the people driving the process forward.
The film traces the recent history of Venezuela, before and after the
election of Hugo Chavez to the presidency, using archive material and
interviews with Venezuelans living in the barrios of Caracas who are
involved in community and social movements. The achievements and
challenges facing the Bolivarian process are put into context by means
of interviews with leading Venezuelan social scientists Edgardo Lander
and Javier Biardeau, as well as the Canadian economist Michael Lebowitz,
who currently lives in Venezuela.
“This is a rare film about Venezuela, a country in extraordinary
transition. Watch this film because it is honest and fair and respectful
of those who want to be told the truth about an epic attempt, flaws and
all, to claim back the humanity of ordinary people.”
- John Pilger (Journalist, author and documentary filmmaker)
“A lively, well-researched documentary which pulls off that most
difficult of tasks – an honest account of the
achievements and the
weaknesses of the Chavez government.”
- Sue Branford (Journalist, former Latin American analyst for the BBC World Service)
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