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Our Oil and other tales

knightrose | 26.09.2007 16:38

The film that the Venezualan Government tried to disappear!
Tuesday 2nd October, 7.30pm, Friend's Meeting House, 6 Mount St,Manchester, M2 5NS. It starts at 7.30pm.

DVD cover
DVD cover


The film "Our Oil and other tales" is described as : "THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT had liked previous Gattacicova Collective productions (for example, Another way is possible ...in Venezuela) so much that they offered financial support for their next project. But the documentary they then made examined the issues of oil production in the country: from the impact on the environment and indigenous populations to the way the industry is run.

The bureaucrats of the Ministry of Culture realised they didn´t like such a close look at their involvement with multinational and northamerican corporations, so they tried to suppress the movie.

Only with the help of local activists a few copies escaped censorship.

Now you can watch the documentary that Hugo Chavez tried to keep secret..."

Look out for the sign for Manchester Projectile Films. This is the first of three film nights we have planned before Christmas.

The film lasts 80mins. We'll be retriing to a local pub afterwards for discussion.

knightrose
- e-mail: knightrose.geo@yahoo.com