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When: Next Wednesday March 1, 2005, 6:30PM (The movie runs about 70 mins.)

Where: SouthWest Organizing Project offices, 211 10^th Street SW, 87102 (Just south of Central on 10^th)

**Two Irish filmmakers were in Venezuela in April of 2002 making a documentary about Hugo Chavez when they were swept up in a televised coup d'état. Their cameras caught his removal by force, and his unlikely return to power amid near chaos in the streets. With supporters and opponents hitting the streets during the power vacuum caused by Chavez’ removal, Kim Bartley’s and Donnacha O’Brien’s cameras caught all the action inside from the presidential palace.

Some of the most interesting scenes are from Venezuela’s private media, known to be hard-line Chavez opponents.

Anyone interested in social movements, the power of media or Latin American politics should see this film.

What begins as a run-of-the-mill propaganda piece for Chavez turns into a hair-raising piece of film when cameras capture this historic moment. No matter the film makers’ obvious reverence for Chavez, the film captures the realities of the coup and the depths of support for Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution.

¡Que Viva El Pueblo Venezolano!

The cost is free, and folks should RSVP by clicking and sending an email…

Karlos Schmieder
Communications Organizer
SouthWest Organizing Project
karlos@swop.net
http://www.swop.net.blog.htm

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# posted by karlos @ 11:16 AM