'Llaguno Bridge - Keys to a Massacre' is a revealing documentary by the Cuban filmmaker Angel Palacios following the events leading up to the 'Massacre at the Llaguno Bridge', prelude to the coup d'etat of April 2002. Palacios explores how the Venezuelan media twisted facts and news reality to blame the massacre on President Chavez and the Bolivarians. The film runs for one hour and 45 minutes and uses never before seen techniques to place the events of April 11th 2002 in their true chronologica
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PEOPLE AND THE STRUGGLE IN THE FOURTH WORLD WAR (2004)
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A documentary by Venezuelan film maker Marcelo Andrade which examines the Venezuelan Revolution as connected to the worldwide movement against capitalist globalisation. This documentary contextualises the recent historical roots of the Bolivarian Revolution, its grassroots and networking power, how it transcends the national frontiers of Venezuela and contributes possible alternatives to neoliberal capitalism. Covering the period from the 1989 "Caracazo" to the April 2002 coup against Chavez and
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THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED (2003)
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Winner of the 2003 Grierson Awards for Best International Documentary and Best Newcomer. "When a coup was launched in April 2002 against Hugo Chavez, the elected President of Venezuela, some young Irish filmmakers were lucky enough to be on hand to witness the events. They were actually inside the Presidential Palace - a filmmakers' dream - when the soldiers came to take Chavez away. But they were also there 48 hours later when the same soldiers switched sides reinstalling the president. The res
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