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Chavez: Inside the Coup (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised)

Chavez: Inside the Coup (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised) (2003)

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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.

100

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

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All Critics (55) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (1) | DVD (1)

Compelling and immediate.

July 2, 2004 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
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A rough-edged work of journalism that is as gripping as a thriller.

April 8, 2004 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Fascinating, informative and chilling.

April 2, 2004 Full Review Source: Toronto Star
Toronto Star
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A gripping, nearly perfect documentary, chronicling a heart-stopping rise, fall and triumphant reversal in the space of its 74-minute running time.

February 27, 2004 Full Review Source: Seattle Times
Seattle Times
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Everything's real -- the shouting, the dissonance, the worry.

February 12, 2004
Philadelphia Inquirer
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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.

February 6, 2004 Full Review Source: Boston Globe
Boston Globe
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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.

June 16, 2007
WBAI Web Radio

Revolution... is not just a portrait of a fascinating, paradoxical leader but of a vibrant people and culture long-hidden by our own media.

September 30, 2004

A thrilling, expertly assembled argument against regime change.

July 1, 2004 Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly
Orlando Weekly

The big story here is neither the coup, nor the countercoup, but the spread of constitutional values to the people of Venezuela.

June 13, 2004 Full Review Source: Low IQ Canadian

A remarkable example of the power of film to capture unfolding historic events.

April 16, 2004 Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly

An eye-opener that focuses on world-shaking events and makes you feel like you are there.

April 15, 2004 Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press
St. Paul Pioneer Press

It gives us a sense of Venezuela's political and social climate in April 2002, and in that regard it is most fascinating.

March 7, 2004 Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com
EricDSnider.com

A tense, rapid-paced political drama.

February 28, 2004 Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Daily Star

Audience Reviews for Chavez: Inside the Coup (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised)

Amazing Documentary about the Coup to overthrow Hugh Chavez
April 4, 2008
kenstachnik

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Rarely has the usage of the phrase "at the right place, at the right time" been more apt.

Makes for a fantastic double-feature with "Puente Llaguno: Claves de Una Masacre"
May 29, 2009
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  • Staatsstreich von innen (DE)
  • The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (UK)
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