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"Marcelina and Mercedes live in neighboring farming towns in the Venezuelan Andes. They share the same tragedy: their daughters have committed suicide, as have many others in this region. Through their memories and their sorrow, the documentary takes us to a world where the pain is visible, and where silence is a significant feature in the idyllic but violent natural scenery. Life stories, psychological autopsies, evocative objects and art are intertwined in this film, which follows the everyday life of people who live in a world of mourning and culpability, where the silence aspires in vain to make them forget"--Container

A feature-length documentary journey that takes the viewer through the inner workings of Venezuela's beauty factory, exploring the hopes and dreams of young models as they strive to become the next Miss Venezuela. Following three central protagonists, the film exposes the risks and rewards associated with this multi-billion dollar industry while showing how nationalism, personal ambition, and the influence of mass media have transformed the lives of ordinary women in the country.

"Venezuela has won more international beauty pageants (18)* than any other country. What is it that makes Venezuelan beauty queens so special? Beauty Factory follows five contestants over the course of four months as they compete for the coveted Miss Venezuela crown, offering an intimate look into the world of beauty that has never been seen in such depth. This film takes you behind the scenes as the girls are told how much weight they must lose, how big their breasts should be, what diet fits them, the length and color of their hair, their gym routine and even what plastic surgeries they need to get. For many of them, the ultimate goal isn’t the Miss Venezuela crown, or even the Miss Universe one. In a country rife with poverty and violence, success in the pageant can give the girls stability and success. In fact, almost every contestant hopes to use the pageant as a trampoline for their career, and few actually care about winning. Among the girls we follow, one has dropped out of the university to support her family by modeling, one lives on the Colombian border and dreams of moving to the capital, and one is the first deaf contestant, hoping to improve awareness about her community. These are smart, savvy women who are using their beauty as a launching pad for something greater. But how far will they go to succeed? "--Container.

"A 13-year-old boy leaves his home and starts a journey along the Venezuelan coast. In order to survive, he captivates people by telling them riveting tales from the “Mudslide Tragedy.” Sometimes he weaves a story of how he’s rescued by his mother, who sacrifices herself to save him; other times, it’s his father who dies. These fractured stories, however, begin to reveal some of the truth, and his past becomes clearer."--Container.

"En medio de una Caracas revuelta, Armando es un hombre de cincuenta años que trabaja en su propio laboratorio de prótesis dentales. En su tiempo libre busca a hombres jóvenes en paradas de autobús y les ofrece dinero a cambio de que lo acompañen a su casa, pero solo busca compañía y observarles, no pide más. Pero Armando también tiene otra costumbre, la de espiar a un hombre de edad avanzada, con quien tiene un vínculo en común en su pasado. Un día Armando conoce a Elder, un joven de dieciocho años líder de una pequeña banda de delincuentes juveniles. Y se lo lleva a su casa, sin que ninguno de los dos intuya que de ese encuentro nacerá una relación que los cambiará para siempre"--sensacine.com.
"Wealthy, middle-aged Armando lures young men to his home with money. He doesn't want to touch, only watch from a strict distance. Armando's first encounter with street thug Elder is violent, but this doesn't discourage the lonely man's fascination with the tough handsome teenager. Financial interest keeps Elder visiting him regularly and an unexpected intimacy emerges. However, Armando's haunted past looms large, and Elder commits the ultimate act of affection on Armando's behalf"--Container.

Bookended by a foiled attempt on Simon Bolivar's life in Bogota in 1828, the film charts the story of the revolutionary leader's impassioned fight for independence from Spain and creation of a united South American nation, the great stories of love and loss in his life, the political intrigue and drama following his ascension to power and his mysterious death.

A nine-year-old boy's preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother.

Documentary on the Wayuu people of Venezuela, many of whom live in cities like Maracaibo and jouney back to their homeland on Sundays.

Explored is a day in the lives of three families living in Araya, an arid peninsula in Venezuela. For centuries since its discovery by the Spanish, the region's salt was collected and stacked into radiant white pyramids. Captured are the breathtaking and unforgettable images from the salineros toiling to build the mountains of salt, a fisherman hauling in huge teeming nets, and a young girl and her grandmother laying 'flowers' of shells on windswept graves.

An epic, intensely detailed account of the life of the infamous international terrorist Ilich Ramr̕ez Sanchez-also known as Carlos the Jackal. One of the twentieth century's most-wanted fugitives, Carlos was committed to violent left-wing activism throughout the seventies and eighties, orchestrating bombings, kidnappings, and hijackings in Europe and the Middle East.

"Two young men who have been raised as brothers look to their soccer skills as a way of getting out of their slum. While a scout is in town, an act of violence threatens to tear them apart."--IMDb.

"Nikkei is documentary about the identity of the Japanese who emigrated to Latin America. It is the story of my grandparent, his trip from Japan to Peru, the media campaign against their race, World War II and the hope for a better life in Venezuela. [by] anonymous"--IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1977872/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl, viewed 9/25/18.

• [1]. Costa Rica : Oscar Arias
• [2]. Chile : Michelle Bachelet
• [3]. Ecuador : Rafael Correa
• [4]. Venezuela : Hugo Chavez Frias
• [5]. Brasil : Luis Inacio Lula da Silva
• [6]. Argentina : Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
• [7]. Paraguay : Fernando Lugo
• [8]. Bolivia : Evo Morales
• [9]. Nicaragua : Daniel Ortega
• [10]. Colombia : Alvaro Uribe Velez
• [11]. Uruguay : Tabare Vazquez.

This series consists of interviews with Latin American heads of state. Each episode features an individual president, who talks to interviewer Daniel Filmus about his or her life, career and policies.

A documentary about horse racing in Venezuela.

Clips of various festivals of traditional performing arts with statements by participants.

"Frontline looks at Venezuela's controversial and outspoken president, Hugo Chavez, and the revolution he claims is turning his country into an anti-capitalist beacon for Latin America and the world. Through the lens of his unique weekly program "Aló Presidente" and the eyes of the Venezuelans who know him well, Frontline digs below the surface of his presidency and his personality to try to understand the mercurial leader."--Container.

Documentary on the history of petroleum extraction in Venezuela between 1883 and 1943.

"A voyage into Latin America's most exciting experiment of the new millennium, exploring the history and projects of the Bolivarian Revolution through interviews with a range of its participants, from academics to farm workers and those living in the margins of Caracas. This introduction to the "revolución bonita" ("pretty revolution") offers in-depth interviews, unforgettable images and a lively soundtrack that will open new vistas onto this hopeful human project. As he totes his camera on bus and car trips all over Venezuela, director Clifton Ross becomes our tour guide through the Bolivarian Revolution. He sweeps us through its history and takes us to its works-in-progress on the ground. These schools, rural lending banks and cooperatives weave the fabric of Venezuela's 'Socialism of the 21st Century.' They show its failures and successes, its warp and woof. Through it all runs the frayed but unbreakable thread of a people in struggle"--Container.

Explains the Venezuela's government's point of view on the closure of the television network Radio Caracas Televisión, which it claims was biased in its reporting of the Chavez administration and also broadcast indecent material.

Documentary on the life and work of Venezuelan president Raúl Leoni and his wife Menca.

"Marie-Claude Muller is a linguist who has worked for many years with the Panare, an Amerindian people of Venezuelan Amazonia. She has now been commissioned by the government literacy programme to prepare reading primers in Panare. Writing Panare shows her gathering a range of materials for the primers, from zoological taxonomies to myths. She is also shown working with Panare schoolteachers on an alphabet to accommodate local dialectical variations. These scenes are intercut with an interview in which she describes the principles underlying the literacy programme and considers its role in helping the Panare confront the consequences of contact with the national society. The film also features three myths told at length by a senior Panare man as well as scenes of everyday life in a number of different Panare communities."--Grenada Centre website.

"Presents 5 case studies of [Venezuelan] factories producing aluminum, textiles, ketchup, cocoa and paper. Each of these factories has been transformed into cooperative partnerships between the worker and the state. Internally, the companies' decision-making structures are characterized by a lack of hierarchy. Teams of managers are elected by the workers, and the work is organized from the bottom-up (rather than the top-down) by management" -- Container.

Details the rise of the Chavez government and the challenges it has faced in reforming the South American nation's economy and political culture. Provides a penetrating look at a confrontational and transformative head of nation.

Carla and Martin are abducted by three men who make their living kidnapping young adults to extort quick money from their wealthy parents. They spend a terrifying night as they wait for Carla's father to hand over the ransom.

Documentary on the passenger terminal in Maracaibo, Venezuela, one of the busiest places in the city.

A series of short films on community development projects in Birongo, Miranda, Venezuela centering on cacao production and chocolate manufacture.

A series of short films on rural community development projects in the towns of San Javier and Guarataro in Yaracuy state, Venezuela, including a project creating salable objects from bamboo.

Interviews with Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, head of the Venezuelan Armed Forces Jorge García Carneiro, and other Venezuelans involved in the country's social programs. Chávez discusses the "Bolivarian revolution," the policies of his administration, the role of oil in the Venezuelan economy and relations with the United States. García Carneiro discusses the failed coup against Chávez in 2002.

In Venezuela, 7 million children live in poverty, 4 million suffer from chronic malnutrition, 3 million do not go to school and 600,000 are abandoned. Violent death among minors are part of daily life. Many are results of vengeance, family violence and death at the hands of law enforcement. The most elementary human rights are violated in children's detention centers where adaquate meals are lacking and disese go unattended. Oliver is a child thrown out of his home by his alcoholic stepfather. Just like many others, he learns to survive in any way he can and is always living on the edge of death.

"This documentary features images, testimonies and facts by Venezuelan filmmaker Angel Palacios relating to the Venezuelan coup d'etat of April 2002. The film unmasks the conspiracies and plots leading up to the so-called massacre at the Llaguno Bridge. Palacios explores how the Venezuelan media twisted facts and news reality to blame the massacre on President Chávez. This work also shows how the people defended themselves against the Caracas Metropolitan Police who helped execute the attempted coup d'etat"--Global Exchange website.

"'The revolution will not be televised' is a propaganda film designed to distort the Venezuelan reality Its authors used the good faith and patronage of recognized European TV Corporations as the BCC, RTE, ZDF, NPS/Cobo, Arte y YLE. "X rays of a lie" show the grave omissions, informative bias and direct lies of the film"--Container.

This program examines the political and cultural impact of the Latin American telenovela--broadcast six days a week to more than 120 countries. Interviews with sociologists, media moguls and others examine its influence on Latin American power politics, along with generous clips from the programs "By These Streets," which closely parallels Venezuelan news events and the popular Brazilian romantic melodrama "Body and Soul".

A whaling ship carrying Herman Melville arrives in Peru, where he finds Manuela Sáenz, the former mistress of Símon Bólivar. Her life story enfolds as she rereads letters from Bólivar which recount her life as a colonel in his movement to unite South America into one nation.

An overview of the development of Maracay, Venezuela in its three centuries of history. Includes archival photos and films detailing life in Maracay.

Documentary about the origins of baseball in Venezuela.

Examines the process of assimilation into Venezuelan culture by three ethnic groups: Portuguese, Italian, and Spanish. Through letters, narratives, documents, and archival images; their respective histories are told.

• Los venezolanos que vinieron de Portugal
• Los venezolanos que vinieron de Italia
• Los venezolanos que vinieron de España.

Examines the process of assimilation into Venezuelan culture by three ethnic groups: Portuguese, Italian, and Spanish. Through letters, narratives, documents, and archival images; their respective histories are told.

Documentary on the life of Rómulo Betancourt, a highly influential figure in Venezuela's political history. He was twice president of his country, in 1945-1948 and 1959-1964.

Short films of people relating their experiences in rural community development.

"...follows grandmother and community organizer Gladys Bolivar and her compatriots five days before it is to be decided by popular referendum whether Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will continue in office or step down. The entire nation has been mobilized - will it be Sí, yes he will be recalled, or NO, he will remain in office? Most people in Venezuela feel that no less than the entire future of their country is at stake." --PPJC

Contemporary musicians and musicologists analyze the work of Venezuelen musical masters of the cuatro, harp and mandolin.

Photographers, filmmakers, writers, fashion designers, visual artists and rock musicians discuss their work and their views on "la vanguardia."

Set during the recent banking crisis in Venezuela that led to financial ruin for much of the population, this film follows four middle-aged, middle-class friends. Tired of their desperate financial straits, they decide to rob a bank. But in the process of the robbery, they realize that someone else has been there first.

Explores the changes in Venezuelan culture brought about by the globalized mass media.

A television program exploring politics, democracy and political parties in Venezuela, featuring a number of politicians, writers and political analysts offering their thoughts on the topic.

Venezuelans explore the effects of globalization and discuss Venezuelan economic policy.

A political history of Venezuela emphasizing the development of democracy, including much documentary footage.

Venezuelan writers and political figures offer thoughts on the function of the state and on political reforms.

Describes the work that women Venezuela have done for environmental protection in the face of the pressures of globalization of the economy, particularly the work of the program "Mujer-Ambiente y Salud.

Bolivar is depicted as a man inspired by an ideal by two actors potraying Bolivar as described in various texts: a superhero. a revolutionary, a lover, and as a man of flesh and bone

• Las muditas de la Mucuy, 1995 (20 min.)
• Herminia Pereda, 1996 (10 min.)
• Cestería indígena, 1996 (10 min.)
• Daniel Herrera, 1992 (10 min.)
• EnBarro, música y títeres, 1994 (15 min.)
• Carta ilustrada, 1995 (7 min.).

Short documentary films about Venezuelan artisants and thier work.

• Una gran ciudad, 1973 (15 min.)
• Apuntes para un film, 1974 (11 min.)
• Sorte, 1977 (17 min.)
• El domador, 1979 (30 min.)
• Minas de Diamantes, 1980 (27 min.).

A series of short films directed by Anzola (from 1969-1988) on a variety of themes using different methods, from a short documentary in color of the progress of aluminum from raw ore to products (Aleurope), to a ribbing of machismo (Las chicas del can) baseball as a national mania (El beisbol) social commentary (El hombre invisible) workers' efforts to form a cooperative (Pedregal) and a protest film on surviving in the world of man (Santa Teresa).

The film narrates the story of some of Venezuelas's guerrilla leaders, their 1970's attempts to establish peace and their roles as elected officials of Venezuela's national government.

The story of José Ramón, the son of a white Venezuelan aristocrat and a humble black fisher-woman, who is trying to define his own identity while dealing with social and sexual conflicts, the Venezuelan culture, the law and the impossible relationship he has with both his parents.

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• 1. La presencia africana en Ecuador y Venezuela
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• 2. La presencia africana en Colombia
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• 3. Aspectos de la cultura afrohispana en tres países hispanoamericanos.

Presents an overview of the history, current world, and culture of the peoples of African descent in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. The first two parts deal with the occupations and daily lives of the people and the third part shows that those of African heritage recognize and appreciate their roots which embrace religion, art, folklore, music, and poetry.

Guide Karl Weidman visits an indigenous race, the Guaica, who live at the mouth of the Orinoco River deep in the Amazon jungle. Thought to originate at least a thousand years before Christ and to be the first inhabitants of the American continent, this tribe still maintains many ancient customs of its ancestors.

A mixture of stills, early film footage and new film which shows how Anzola's father was interested in film and in the entertainment world. It gives a picture of Venezuelan social life and customs in the early part of the 20th century. It the center of the story is the filming of a radio production, complete with methods of making sound effects, of a mystery called "El misterio de los ojos escarlata".