The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003)
On April 12th 2002 the world awoke to the news that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had been removed from office and had been replaced by a new interim government. What had in fact taken place was the first Latin American coup of the 21st century, and the world's first media coup. (Vitagraph Films)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Kim Bartley, Donnacha O'Briain
Starring: Colin Powell, Hugo Chavez, George Tenet, Pedro Carmona, Jesse Helms
Genre: Documentary
AKA: Chavez: Inside the Coup
Country: Finland, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, UK, USA
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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised belongs to 15 collections
1. Female Directors (collaborative: moderated by djross - 90 stars)
2. Left-wing politics (collaborative: moderated by djross - 27 stars)
3. Best of criticker: Documentary (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr - 20 stars)
4. Documentaries about capitalism (collaborative: moderated by djross - 8 stars)
5. Best by different standards (public: sesito71 - 6 stars)
6. Revolution / Revolutions (collaborative: moderated by nauru - 5 stars)
7. Political documentaries (collaborative: moderated by overrated - 5 stars)
8. South America (collaborative: moderated by td888 - 4 stars)
9. Directed collaboratively (collaborative: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
10. True/False Film Festival (collaborative: moderated by theficionado - 1 star)
11. Best of criticker: 2003 (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr)
12. simon (collaborative: moderated by f_ranzen)
13. Andy Owns (collaborative: moderated by andycarhart)
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| 3 | sebageek | 100 96th |
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Really eye-opening documentary. Brilliantly made. Heartbreaking and inspiring and harrowing and enraging like only the truth can be.
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overrated | 75 84th |
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Like Khomeini and others, outside intervention was a significant boon to Chavez's regime. This documentary captures the most dramatic moments of the start of the consistent shift to the left in Latin America, but if you admire or respect Chavez because of the figure presented here or elsewhere in the media keep in mind he called Libyan and Syrian protestors fascists.
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Stain | 80 68th |
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Consistently engaging. However, I cannot help of think of the line from Heinlein's novel _Glory Road_: "To claim to 'respect' and even to 'love' the great mass with their yaps at one end and smelly feet at the other requires the fatuous, uncritical, saccharine, blind, sentimental slobbishness found in some nursery supervisors, most spaniel dogs, and all missionaries." Some young leftist is gonna yell at me for saying that, but, like Joe Bob Briggs says, this ain't Communist Russia
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| 1 | owen1218 | 75 65th |
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Starts off a bit dry, but soon becomes interesting and engaging.
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JokerXgg | 80 92nd |
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One of the best documentaries I have seen in my life.
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juntakinte99 | 97 93rd |
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The filmmakers get kudos for staying on their feet and creating this movie as the story unfolded in front of them. While the verité footage of the drama is amazing, the context that they provide on the United States and Latin American countries is profound. But most of all Chavez--for whatever you think of him--makes for a captivating character that you get to watch for the duration of the film. A remarkable picture to view either in a Government class or as a thriller at home.
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| Average Percentile 69.2% from 205 Ratings |  |