THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED DVD

THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED


HUGO CHAVEZ ELECTED PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA IN 1998, IS A COLOURFUL,
UNPREDICTABLE FOLK HERO, beloved by his nation's working class and
a tough-as-nails, quixotic opponent to the power structure that
would see him deposed. Two independent filmmakers were inside the
presidential palace on April 11, 2002, when he was forcibly removed
from office. They were also present 48 hours later when, remarkably,
he returned to power amid cheering aides and the populace.
Their film records what was probably history's shortest-lived
coup d'état. It's a unique document about political muscle and an
extraordinary portrait of the man The Wall Street Journal credits
with making Venezuela "Washington?s biggest Latin American headache
after the old standby, Cuba."

SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

DIRECTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY KIM BARTLEY AND DONNACHA O'BRIAIN

PRODUCED 2003

74 MINUTES