Wednesday 9th June, from 8pm

the RAMPART presents ...

Latin American night,

Doors open 8pm with latin beats and short films including...

* School of the Americas - action to close down the terrorist training camps of the United States government.

Main feature begins 9pm...


THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED - 74 MINUTES
DIRECTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY KIM BARTLEY AND DONNACHA O'BRIAIN, IRELAND, 2003
[SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES]

On April 12th 2002 the world awoke to the news that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had been removed from office and had been replaced by a new interim government. What had in fact taken place was the first Latin American coup of the 21st century, and the world's first media coup...

HUGO CHAVEZ ELECTED PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA IN 1998, IS A COLORFUL, UNPREDICTABLE FOLK HERO, beloved by his nation's working class and a tough-as-nails, quixotic opponent to the power structure that would see him deposed. Two independent filmmakers were inside the presidential palace on April 11, 2002, when he was forcibly removed from office.
They were also present 48 hours later when, remarkably, he returned to power amid cheering aides. Their film records what was probably history's shortest-lived coup d'état. It's a unique document about political muscle and an extraordinary portrait of the man The Wall Street Journal credits with making Venezuela "Washington‚s biggest Latin American headache after the old standby, Cuba."

 http://www.chavezthefilm.com/html/film/home_film.htm

After the main feature will another film, TBA, starting around 10.30pm