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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, 2003
English, Spanish
Ireland, Netherlands, USA, Germany, Finland, UK
Profile of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
The mood of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised is thought provoking, rough, and clever. The plot centers around a revolution, a head of state, and journalism. It is a documentary movie. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in an office and in a palace, castle, or temple. The setting is South America. It happens in contemporary times.
Summary of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
"Don't be poisoned by their lies," says Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in the last line of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, referring to the way that the media corrupts the truth for the purpose of political persuasion. And thus the immediacy of this documentary--which consists of fast-moving footage captured during a two-day period in April 2002 when Chavez was kidnapped from the presidential palace in Caracas and the media announced a successful coup--serves simply as a good example of media manipulation. Using television news clips, the film shows how the privately owned Venezuelan media attacks Chavez, comparing him to Fidel Castro and accusing him of mental instability. Washington chimes in, accusing Chavez of being in cahoots with Columbian narco-terrorists. But the documentary also establishes Chavez's position as the people's president. He put in place a democratic constitution and promised to redistribute the nation's significant wealth--Venezuela is the world's fourth largest exporter of oil--to benefit the poor, who represent 80 percent of the population. And from there, the media reports against him sound like cards being played in the oil game.
The Irish filmmakers, Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'Brian, were inside the palace making a routine documentary about Chavez when the coup began. Meanwhile, a million Chavez supporters gathered in the streets outside demanding that their leader be restored. Within 48 hours, their pleas were answered and Chavez was president again. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised offers a fascinating inside perspective on both Chavez's popularity and the way that media can bastardize the truth for political gain.
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| Language: | English, Spanish |
| Country: | Ireland, Netherlands, USA, Germany, Finland, UK |
| Release date: | 7 March 2003 |
| Runtime: | 74 min |
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