Chavez: Inside the Coup (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised) (2003)
Average Rating: 7.9/10
Reviews Counted: 48
Fresh: 47 | Rotten: 1
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised is as persuasive and engrossing as it is unapologetically biased.
Average Rating: 7.9/10
Critic Reviews: 22
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 0
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised is as persuasive and engrossing as it is unapologetically biased.
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Taking its title from a poem/song by Gil Scott-Heron, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised is an award-winning international documentary. Irish filmmakers Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'Briain went to Venezuela to make a documentary about the charismatic, democratically elected president, Hugo Chavez. Very popular with the Venezuelan people, Chavez is a firm supporter of socialism and a redistribution of wealth from the oil profits in his country. He's also an outspoken opponent of the Bush
Jan 1, 2003 Wide
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Compelling and immediate.
Top CriticA rough-edged work of journalism that is as gripping as a thriller.
Fascinating, informative and chilling.
A gripping, nearly perfect documentary, chronicling a heart-stopping rise, fall and triumphant reversal in the space of its 74-minute running time.
Everything's real -- the shouting, the dissonance, the worry.
Stands as our best chance to understand what happened in Caracas, even if the filmmakers' pro-Chavez stance should send you to alternate sources for the larger picture.
The filmmakers, simply forgotten in the dramatic rush of events, capture the anatomy of a coup as it crystallized and unraveled, and history nearly recorded itself.
Revolution... is not just a portrait of a fascinating, paradoxical leader but of a vibrant people and culture long-hidden by our own media.
A thrilling, expertly assembled argument against regime change.
The big story here is neither the coup, nor the countercoup, but the spread of constitutional values to the people of Venezuela.
A remarkable example of the power of film to capture unfolding historic events.
An eye-opener that focuses on world-shaking events and makes you feel like you are there.
It gives us a sense of Venezuela's political and social climate in April 2002, and in that regard it is most fascinating.
A tense, rapid-paced political drama.
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Makes for a fantastic double-feature with "Puente Llaguno: Claves de Una Masacre"
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Foreign Titles
- Staatsstreich von innen (DE)
- The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (UK)
