Bolivarian Revolution in film explained

The Bolivarian Revolution, and related Crisis in Venezuela, have been depicted in several films, both fiction and documentary.

In reference to Latin American, but specifically several Venezuelan, films of the 21st century, Kapur and Wagner wrote that film is "an important medium" for representations of the area and that there is "enduring importance of Latin America in the international struggle to break from neoliberalism."^{[1] :113} They compare the conflicts within the Bolivarian Revolution's bases to the conflicts in Venezuelan filmmaking between the Villa del Cine and independent producers;^:121 though the Villa del Cine promotes films with a feeling of "the revolutionary context of Venezuela", its process aims to mimic a Hollywood studio system, marginalizing representation and the communal nature of revolution.^:122

Several writers on film also suggest that Western filmmakers are "drawn to" and document the Bolivarian Revolution and Crisis in Venezuela,^:113-122[2] and conclude that accurate media representations of the situation in the country are important.^:130 Kapur and Wagner complement some independent national filmmakers for achieving this; they have also criticized films depicting the revolution made both by the Villa del Cine, for turning stories of revolution into romanticized narratives, and internationally, for not managing to present complex full stories of the situation.^:113-122

In line with the propaganda nature of national Venezuelan media, depictions of the revolution as successful are often circulated in the nation, with 2002's The Revolution Will Not Be Televised and 2004's still shown regularly as of 2016.^{[3] :236} Comparatively, depictions of the revolution in a negative light may be censored: in 2019, the horror film Infección, in which characters claim the zombie apocalypse at the center of the narrative was caused by the revolution, was banned.^[4]

Documentaries

Year	Title	Country	Director	Ref.
2002	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	Ireland	Kim Bartley and Donnacha Ó Briain	^[5]
2004	Chavez, Venezuela, and the New Latin America	Cuba	Aleida Guevara
		Venezuela	Ángel Palacios	^[6]
	X-Ray of a Lie	Venezuela	Wolfgang Schalk	^[7]
2006	¿¡Revolución!?	Canada	Charles Gervais	^[8]
2007	The People and the President: A Portrait of the Bolivarian Revolution	Norway	Strønen and Wærness	^[9]
2008	Venezuela: Revolution from the Inside Out	United States	Clifton Ross
2009	Inside the Revolution: A Journey into the Heart of Venezuela	United Kingdom	Pablo Navarrete	^[10]
	South of the Border	United States	Oliver Stone	^[11]
	Listen to Venezuela	United States	Jyotsna Kapur and Keith B. Wagner
2014	"From the Brink: Venezuela Rising"	United States	Joseph Melhuish	^[12]
	"Venezuela Divided" episode of Fault Lines	United States		^[13]
2015	Flor de la Mar	Venezuela	Jorge Thielen Armand	^[14]
2016	El ocaso del socialismo mágico	ItalyVenezuela	Michele Calabresi	^[15]
2017	In the Shadow of the Revolution	Venezuela, United States	J. Arturo Albarrán and Clifton Ross	^[16]
2018		Venezuela		^[17]
	El pueblo soy yo	Venezuela		^[18]
2019	Colateral	Venezuela	Lucrecia Cisneros	^[19]
2020	A La Calle	Venezuela	Maxx Caicedo and Nelson G. Navarrete	^[20]
	The Crossing	Colombia	Juliana Peñaranda-Loftus	^[21]

Fiction films

Year	Title	Country	Director	Ref.
2005	Secuestro Express	Venezuela	Jonathan Jakubowicz	^[22]
2006	Maroa	Venezuela	Solveig Hoogesteijn
2009	Libertador Morales, el Justiciero	Venezuela	Efterpi Charlambidis	^[23]
2010	Hermano	Venezuela	Marcel Rasquin
2012	Blue and Not So Pink	Venezuela	Miguel Ferrari	^[24]
2013	Bad Hair	Venezuela	Mariana Rondón	^[25]
2015	From Afar	Venezuela	Lorenzo Vigas	^[26]
2016	La Soledad	Venezuela	Jorge Thielen Armand	^[27]
2017	The Family	Venezuela	Gustavo Rondón	^[28]
2019	Infección	Venezuela	Flavio Pedota
2020	La Fortaleza	Venezuela	Jorge Thielen Armand	^[29]

See also

• Public image of Hugo Chávez
• Venezuelan cinema in the 2020s

Notes and References

1. Book: Neoliberalism and global cinema : capital, culture, and Marxist critique. 2011. Routledge. Kapur, Jyotsna., Wagner, Keith B.. 9780203813638. New York. 730500588.
2. Book: Uzcategui, Rafael.. Venezuela : Revolution as Spectacle.. 2011. See Sharp Press. Bufe, Chaz.. 9781884365942. Chicago. 756484761.
3. Book: Political documentary cinema in Latin America. Traverso, Antonio, 1962-, Wilson, Kristi M.. 2014. 9781315769653. 1st. London. 1053733038.
4. Web site: The Dawn of Venezuelan Horror Films. Drax. Victor. 2019-11-13. Caracas Chronicles. en-US. 2019-11-15.
5. McKay, Alastair (Winter 2008). "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, But The Coup Attempt May Be Sexed Up". Product Magazine (Red Herring Arts and Media): 10. ISSN 1468-9901.
6. Web site: Film-Venezuela: Documentary Revolution. Kirk. Alejandro. 2005-04-26. Inter Press Service. 2008-06-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20080109111636/http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=28456. 2008-01-09. dead.
7. Book: Venezuela: A Decade Under Chavez Political Intolerance and Lost Opportunities for Advancing Human Rights in Venezuela. Holland, Alisha. Human Rights Watch. 2008. 69.
8. http://www.voir.ca/cinema/cinema.aspx?iIDArticle=45015 "Le nouveau Quichotte?"
9. Web site: Documentary film: The People and the President. A Portrait of the Bolivarian Revolution. CMI - Chr. Michelsen Institute. en. 2019-09-01.
10. Web site: Review: Inside the Revolution: A journey into the heart of Venezuela. 2012-06-22. Ceasefire Magazine. en-US. 2019-09-01.
11. Web site: Oliver Stone heads 'South of the Border' to chat up Chavez and others. Reed . Johnson . . September 1, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100128232505/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/sep/01/entertainment/et-stone-doc1 . live . January 28, 2010.
12. Web site: VICE Film School — From the Brink: Venezuela Rising. Vimeo. en. 2019-09-01.
13. Web site: The art of the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela. america.aljazeera.com. 2019-09-01.
14. News: Flor de La Mar: Una Historia de Abandono. 20 July 2021. Revista Endémico. es.
15. Web site: 2017-12-02 . El ocaso del socialismo mágico - PLAY TV . 2021-09-11 . . es.
16. Web site: 2017-10-08. World Premiere: In the Shadow of the Revolution. 2022-02-19. Caracas Chronicles.
17. News: "Chavismo: la peste del siglo XXI" es premiado como mejor documental en Nueva York. 11 December 2018. El Nuevo País. es. 2 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181102191132/https://elnuevopais.net/2018/11/01/chavismo-la-peste-del-siglo-xxi-es-premiado-como-mejor-documental-en-nueva-york/. dead.
18. News: El pueblo soy yo, un documental para evitar la indiferencia. Sánchez Amaya. Humberto. 7 February 2019. El Nacional. es.
19. Web site: Salgado . Diego . 2019-12-06 . Cortometraje de estudiantes de la UCAB fue premiado por la Escuela Nacional del Cine . 2023-05-03 . El Ucabista . es.
20. Web site: Doc Corner: 'A la calle'. 2022-01-29. The Film Experience.
21. Web site: 'The Crossing', un retrato de la migración venezolana que compite para los Óscars 2021. 2022-01-29. Confidencial Colombia. es.
22. Web site: Why Latino Movie Stars Have Never Been More Necessary. Vulture. 14 December 2018.
23. Web site: Revista de cine Libertador Morales, el justiciero. Abraham. Pablo. 2009. El Espectador Imaginario. 2019-12-16.
24. Web site: Blue and Not So Pink (Azul y no tan rosa): Film Review. The Hollywood Reporter. en. 2019-09-01.
25. News: In 'Pelo Malo,' boy's hair issues spark tensions with mother. 22 January 2015. Los Angeles Times. 4 December 2017. en-US. 0458-3035.
26. Web site: 'From Afar' ('Desde alla'): Venice Review. Hollywood Reporter. 13 September 2015.
27. News: Backed by the state, Venezuelan cinema has thrived at home and abroad. 2017-09-15. The Economist. 2019-09-01. 0013-0613.
28. Web site: 'La familia': Film Review. van Hoeij. Boyd. 28 May 2017. The Hollywood Reporter. 30 August 2018.
29. Web site: 'La Fortaleza': Film Review - A nervy, feverish follow-up to 'La Soledad' from Venezuela's promising young director Jorge Thielen Armand. Wendy Ide. 14 Jan 2020. Screen International. 20 July 2021.