BLUE MOUNTAINS Film Premiere: "Now the People Have Awoken

BLUE MOUNTAINS Film Premiere: "Now the People Have Awoken
7.30pm Mon Dec 10, Tris Elies Red Room, next to Katoomba Station, Katoomba,
Ph 4787 7859 for more info.

Just completed by New Zealand film-makers, Activo Productions. A documentary about how Venezuleans are making the first socialist revolution of the 21st Century.

Using the largest oil reserves in the world to foment a new order in Venezuela, Chavez has supported some of the most controversial social programs in the world. What makes Venezuela tick? All of a sudden Venezuela has taken a leap onto the world-stage. Who else but its repeatedly elected dictator would call the president of the US “the devil”? Having survived a military coup in 2002, Hugo Chavez and the new Venezuela are experimenting with ways of finding political and economic democracy. Is this a real possibility? Chavez is regularly depicted as the dictator squandering the wealth of the nation and blocking democratic freedoms. Perhaps this is true? The film gives voice to the people behind the revolutionary process ongoing in Venezuela, filming during the December 2006 elections, and analysts ranging from an exCIA and Pentagon security analyst to the controversial Venezuelan attorney who authored 'The Chavez Code.' Who is behind the movement and what does it seek? With the interest in Venezuela coming from all sides of the political spectrum, the film engages with the problem of what position to take towards this rapidly changing nation.

DIRECTOR: Ricardo Restrepo

Check out this preview of the Now the People Have Awoken on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNb3lDoGap8


Presented by Blue Mountains Socialist Alliance, Green Left Weekly & Australia Venezuela Solidarity Network