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|THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED by KIM BARTLEY AND DONNACHA O'BRIAIN 1 hr 14 min 31 sec|

THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED

 by KIM BARTLEY AND DONNACHA O'BRIAIN
1 hr 15 min

 

HUGO CHAVEZ ELECTED PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA IN 1998, IS A COLORFUL, 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 11th 2002, when he was forcibly removed from office. They were also present 48 hours later when, remarkably, he returned to power amid cheering aides. Their film records what was probably history's shortest-lived coup d'état. It's a unique documentary about political muscle and an extraordinary portrait of the man The Wall Street Journal credits with making Venezuela "Washingtons biggest Latin American headache after the old standby, Cuba.