SYDNEY

Saturday January 31st – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised [documentary screening]

6:30pm Saturday 31 January
Humanist Society of NSW
10 Shepherd St, Chippendale

If the Bolivarian Revolution seeks to build 21st Century Socialism then the 2003 documentary “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” is “Ten Days That Shook The World” for the 21st century.

By luck an Irish film crew, making a documentary about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, was in the Miraflores presidential palace during the tumultuous 2002 coup against him and its dramatic aftermath. The result is this documentary which plays more like a Hollywood movie, and undoubtedly would be one were it not for its depiction of the defeat of the Venezuelan oligarchs and their US backers.

In the wake of the US bombing of Caracas and kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores this documentary is more timely as ever. In response to these kidnappings the people of Caracas began to retrace their steps from 2002, marching to Miraflores in support of their revolutionary Bolivarian government.

This film is not only a window into the history of the Bolivarian Revolution, but is a continuing testament to the perfidy of US imperialism and its Venezuelan compradors, and indictment of the lies they continue to pedal.
Join us in revisiting this historic victory of the Bolivarian Revolution as we work to organise solidarity here in Australia with the Revolution’s present protagonists.

RSVP: https://events.humanitix.com/screening-of-the-revolution-will-not-be-televised

CANBERRA

Saturday January 31st – Venezuela: The Cost of Challenging an Empire [documentary screening]

6pm Saturday 31 January
The Food Co op Shop and Cafe, 3 Kingsley Street, Acton
Tickets: $20/$15 concession – all funds go to film production costs
This documentary was produced through crowd funding by the community and expenses from producers.
Film screening followed by live Q&A with Rodrigo Acuña

The Guardian – The Workers’ Weekly is presenting a screening of Rodrigo Acuña and Nicholas Ford’s 2024 film Venezuela: The Cost of Challenging an Empire. The screening will be followed by a Q and A with the filmmakers. Now more than ever we need to understand how sanctions have been used as a tool of US imperialism, and the impact on the Venezuelan people.

‘Venezuela: The Cost of Challenging an Empire’ (2024) is a documentary film by Rodrigo Acuña and Nicholas Ford about the price of U.S. economic sanctions on the South American country of Venezuela and the people that they have affected most. Through a series of interviews with academics, journalists, members of the government and opposition, this film also looks at political violence in the country.

Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/venezuela-the-cost-of-challenging-an-empire-canberra-film-screening