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One of the Global Women's Strike videos ‘Venezuela - Talking of Power’ is featured in the reelVENEZUELA Film Festival. We hope to see you there! Full Film Festival schedule below.
Thursday, April 12, 2007 7:30 - 11:00 Venezuela – Talking of Power 62 min., 2005 Dir. by Nina Lopez Sex, race & class in revolutionary Venezuela. From the hills of Caracas to the banks of the Orinoco, the grassroots tell us how they are changing our world. Clips of President Chavez; Nora Castañeda, Women’s Development Bank, and others.
* * * * * * * Marin Interfaith Task Force Venezuela Committee & La Pena Cultural Center PRESENTS reelVENEZUELA: Film Festival Four nights: April 4 & 5 and April 11 & 12 (Wednesdays and Thursdays), 2007 La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, California Twelve different videos describe the accomplishments, aspirations, and difficulties confronting politics and life in Venezuela today. The truth about Venezuela has been and continues to be badly served by most U.S. media, so anyone who wants to see the “real deal” about Venezuela and its visionary and “controversial” people and leader, Hugo Chavez, should attend as many of the reelVenezuela films as they can.
Wednesday, April 4 7:30 to 10:30 PM Venezuela Bolivariana: People And Struggle Of The Fourth World War 76 min., 2004 Dir. Marcelo Andrade Covers the political process in Venezuela, from the anti-IMF uprising (the “Caracaso”) February 1989, until the present revolutionary process in the context of the world-wide anti-globalization battle, the Bolivarian Revolution, and its incredible grassroots and networking power.
With the Poor of the Earth 57 min.., 2006Dir. Marta Hamecker Noted Chilean journalist presents the history of Hugo Chávez' struggle to create a new Venezuela free of poverty, illiteracy and misery; and the involvement of the Venezuelan people in their own liberation.
Coup at Daybreak 95 min., 1998 Dir. Carlos Azpurua Takes place during the military coup that saw the overthrow of the Venezuelan government in 1992. A number of Caracas' wealthiest citizens attempt to figure out their status when soldiers march into town and they are unable to trust reports from radio and television. The film follows-up on how these people deal with the new reality they face.
Thursday, April 5, 2007 7:30 TO 11:30 PM The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 74 min 2003 Dir. Kim Bartley & Donnacha O'Briain Two independent filmmakers were inside the presidential palace on April 11, 2002, when President Chavez was forcibly removed from office. A unique document about political muscle and an extraordinary portrait of Chavez and one of history's shortest-lived coup d'états.
Venezuela From Below 67 min, 2004 Dir.Dario Azzelini & Oliver Ressler Focuses on the rank and file and their enormous strength and the capacity for self organization, of taking matters into their own hands, in the process of transformation that is occurring in Venezuela.
Llaguno Bridge: Clues to a Massacre 105 min., 2004 Dir. Angel Palacios Features images, testimonies and facts relating to the Venezuelan coup d'etat of April 2002. The film unmasks the conspiracies and plots leading up to the so-called massacre at the Llaguno Bridge. Palacios explores how the Venezuelan media twisted facts and news reality to blame the massacre on President Chávez.. The film uses never before seen techniques to place the events of April 11, 2002 in their true chronological order. Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:30 TO 10:30 Venezuela Rising 60 min., 2005 Dir. Jennifer Wager Gladys Bolivar, grandmother and community organizer, is followed, as are her compatriots, five days before the 2005 referendum, unique in the world, will decide whether Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will continue in office or step down.
Chavez: Venezuela, and the new Latin America 55min., 2005 Dir. Aleida Guevara Cuban filmmaker Guevara did an extended interview with Hugo Chavez that offers a glimpse through the U.S. information blockade into a country rich with hope, dreams, and oil.
The Rescue of PDVSA’s Brain 45 min., 2003 Dir. Marc Villa Morillo
Invaluable document showing how the workers saved the automated oil production and distribution system that had been sabotaged by opponents of Chavez in December 2002.
Thursday, April 12, 2007 7:30 TO 11:00 Venezuela: Talking of Power 62 min., 2005 Dir. by Nina Lopez Sex, race & class in revolutionary Venezuela. From the hills of Caracas to the banks of the Orinoco, the grassroots tell us how they are changing our world. Clips of President Chavez; Nora Castañeda, Women’s Development Bank, and others. 5 FACTORIES: Worker Control in Venezuela 81 min., 2006 Dario Azzellini and Oliver Ressler Features inspiring stories from workers in five industrial production centers (textile, aluminum works, a tomato factory, a cocoa factory, and a paper factory) about how the revolutionary changes are transforming their lives — economically, socially and emotionally.
The Old Man and Jesus: Prophets of Rebellion 70 min., 2005 Dir. Marcelo Andrade El Viejo (the old man) and Jesus live under a bridge in Caracas. They are marginalized but definitely not without a critical and lucid opinion of their society. They believe in the revolutionary process of President Hugo Chavez and in a better future, despite the attempted Fascist coup in 2002 which shook the country. The wisdom of el Viejo and the runaway dialectics of Jesus are a tribute to the dignity and revolutionary vision of a people who resist poverty. CONTACT: Daniel del Solar · 510/290-3022 · danieldelsolar@gmail.com · www.mitfamericas.org |