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X-Ray Of A Lie
''X-Ray of a Lie'' ( es, Radiografía de una mentira) is a 2004 documentary film examining another film, ''The Revolution Will Not Be Televised'' about the events of the Llaguno Overpass events, before the 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt. The ''X-Ray'' documentary, directed by Wolfgang Schalk and written by Schalk and , accuses Kim Bartley and Donacha O'Briain of omissions and distortion in ''The Revolution Will Not Be Televised''. It premiered on DVD in Venezuela in July 2004. Background ''X-Ray of a Lie'' was produced from the efforts of Wolfgang Schalk and , Venezuelan TV producers and engineers, as a response to the film ''The Revolution Will Not Be Televised''. Schalk, with twenty years of experience in the industry, investigated the ''Revolution'' film over five months, and said he had discovered "one lie after another". When, he said, "it became clear that the producers had 'changed the order of the events to fit a story that appeals to audiences'," he organized an Octob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (film)
''The Revolution Will Not Be Televised'' (Spanish: '), also known as ''Chávez: Inside the Coup'', is a 2003 Irish documentary film. It focuses on events in Venezuela leading up to and during the April 2002 coup d'état attempt, which saw President Hugo Chávez removed from office for two days. With particular emphasis on the role played by Venezuela's private media, the film examines several key incidents: the protest march and subsequent violence that provided the impetus for Chávez's ousting; the opposition's formation of an interim government headed by business leader Pedro Carmona; and the Carmona administration's collapse, which paved the way for Chávez's return. ''The Revolution Will Not Be Televised'' was directed by Irish filmmakers Kim Bartley and Donnacha Ó Briain. Given direct access to Chávez, the filmmakers intended to make a fly-on-the-wall biography of the president. They spent seven months filming in Venezuela, following Chávez and his staff and interv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nation Books
Type Media Center (formerly The Nation Institute) is a nonprofit media organization that was previously associated with ''The Nation'' magazine. It sponsors fellows, hosts forums, publishes books and investigative reporting, and awards several annual journalism prizes. Orville Schell worked for the organization, and Katrina vanden Heuvel is currently a member of their board of trustees. Type Media Center fellows have included Naomi Klein, Wayne Barrett, Chris Hedges, David Moberg, Jeremy Scahill, and Chris Hayes. The organization has also funded podcasts, short-form broadcast media, and documentaries, including several by Habiba Nosheen. Type is one of the presenters of the Ridenhour Prizes. It collaborates on the Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship with the Puffin Foundation. Tom Engelhardt is the creator of the organization's TomDispatch.com, a widely syndicated online blog. Type started its publishing imprint Bold Type Books (formerly Nation Books) in 2000, in pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuelan Documentary Films
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It has a territorial extension of , and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. The Venezuelan government maintains a claim against Guyana to Guayana Esequiba. Venezuela is a federal presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District and federal dependencies covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
