NEXT SCREENING

THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED

SEPTEMBER 8th - 6:45 pm

BOLIVAR HALL -54 GRAFTON WAY

(WAREN STRET TUBE STATION)

After the successful screenings of "The Battle of Chile I & II" Venezuela: a revolution on film continues its Revolution and Counter-revolution module with the screening of "The revolution will not be televised"

Donnaha O'brien and Kim Bartley, a couple of independent Irish film-makers, travelled to Venezuela to interview Hugo Chavez, at the time a rising political figure in the continent. 

They are exceptional witness of the ongoing revolutionary processs: the rising political awarness of ordinary people, the deepening political divisions in the country and the plotting of the short-lived coup against Chavez in April 2002, as well as the spontaneous reaction of millions of Venezuelans who, in spite of the repression and media black-out, came on the streets  to demand the return of their president. 

"The revolution will not be televised" is a breathtaking documentary with exclusive footage of what happened inside Miraflores palace in the hours of the coup. It is also an great analysis of the role that the media (national and internatioanl) played on the plotting and execution of the coup. It is both a warning and a comdenation of its power and a celebration of ordinary people's resoluteness.