ARCHIVES
Put general comments about this blog here:
Click to leave your thoughts.
A blog by someone who doesn't like or understand blogs.
A major theme of this blog is the love affair between the blogger and the city of New York.
Email me at david [at] danzig [dot] com.
Bloggers with whom I am personally acquainted, in real life, in alphebetical order by first name:
Caren L.
Dav C.
David D.
Eva J.
Jessica D.
Joclyn G.
Lauren P.
Sean S.
Steph T.
If you know me in person, and I forgot to put you here, definitely, please email me, and also please accept my apology!
Take a look at some of my nearby neighbors by clicking this button: 
.
Sunday, January 11, 2004
MOVIE REVIEW: THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED (2003) * * * (3 stars out of 4).
External link: http://www.chavezthefilm.com/
This pro-Hugo Chavez documentary would have been a very boring and one-sided look at the leader of Venezuela, except that there was a coup while the filmmakers were making the film, which turned the documentary into something absolutely extraordinary. While it is clear that the filmmakers are unabashed in their pro-Chavez bias, it is equally clear that what occurred was a violent coup overthrowing a democratically elected leader, which coup was endorsed (if not assisted) by the Bush administration and which was deliberately and knowingly lied about by the oil company-owned Venezuelan television stations. The inside look at the other side of the story is an invaluable historical resource, as well as a helpful reminder that our own media in the US, which is mostly owned by giant corporations, some of which are or were owned by defense contractors, might not always be telling the whole story about American events, either.
link to this item: http://www.creamy.com/blog/2004/01/movie-review-revolution-will-not-be.html
Check for older comments: Archived comments on item #107387121870231118
