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.":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 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 Puente Llaguno: Claves de una Masacre still shown regularly as of 2016.: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.
Documentaries
YearTitleCountryDirectorRef.2002The Revolution Will Not Be TelevisedIrelandKim Bartley and Donnacha Ó BriainMcKay, 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 1468-9901.2004Chavez, Venezuela, and the New Latin AmericaCubaAleida GuevaraPuente Llaguno: Claves de una MasacreVenezuelaÁngel PalaciosX-Ray of a LieVenezuelaWolfgang Schalk2006¿¡Revolución!?CanadaCharles Gervais"Le nouveau Quichotte?" by Jérôme Delgado, Voir, December 7, 2006 2007The People and the President: A Portrait of the Bolivarian RevolutionNorwayStrønen and Wærness2008Venezuela: Revolution from the Inside OutUnited StatesClifton Ross2009Inside the Revolution: A Journey into the Heart of VenezuelaUnited KingdomPablo NavarreteSouth of the BorderUnited StatesOliver StoneListen to VenezuelaUnited StatesJyotsna Kapur and Keith B. Wagner2014"From the Brink: Venezuela Rising"United StatesJoseph Melhuish"Venezuela Divided" episode of Fault LinesUnited States2015Flor de la MarVenezuelaJorge Thielen Armand 2016El ocaso del socialismo mágicoItaly VenezuelaMichele Calabresi2017In the Shadow of the RevolutionVenezuela, United StatesJ. Arturo Albarrán and Clifton Ross2018Chavismo: The Plague of the 21st CenturyVenezuelaEl pueblo soy yoVenezuela2019ColateralVenezuelaLucrecia Cisneros2020A La CalleVenezuelaMaxx Caicedo and Nelson G. NavarreteThe CrossingColombiaJuliana Peñaranda-Loftus
Fiction films YearTitleCountryDirectorRef.2005Secuestro ExpressVenezuelaJonathan Jakubowicz2006MaroaVenezuelaSolveig Hoogesteijn2009Libertador Morales, el JusticieroVenezuelaEfterpi Charlambidis2010HermanoVenezuelaMarcel Rasquin2012Blue and Not So PinkVenezuelaMiguel Ferrari2013Bad HairVenezuelaMariana Rondón2015From AfarVenezuelaLorenzo Vigas2016La SoledadVenezuelaJorge Thielen Armand2017The FamilyVenezuelaGustavo Rondón2019InfecciónVenezuelaFlavio Pedota2020La FortalezaVenezuelaJorge Thielen Armand
See also Public image of Hugo Chávez Venezuelan cinema in the 2020s
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