Chavez: Inside the Coup
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Awards (click to collapse)
Banff World Television Festival, Canada (2003) – Winner: Banff Rockie Award: Best Information and Current Affairs Program Grand Prize
São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil (2005) – Winner: Audience Award: Best Foreign Medium Length Film
Leeds International Film Festival, UK (2003) – Winner: Audience Award
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, USA (2004) – Winner: Seeds of War
ESB Media Awards, Ireland (2003) – Winner: Best Documentary; Journalist of the Year
European Broadcasting Union, EU (2003) – Winner: Golden Link Award: Best Co-Production
Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland (2003) – Winner: Best Documentary
British Documentary Awards/Grierson Awards, UK (2003) – Winner: Best International Feature Documentary
Banff World Television Festival, Canada (2003) – Winner: Grand Prize
Chicago International Film Festival, USA (2003) – Winner: Silver Hugo: Best Documentary
Grimme Award, Germany (2004) – Nominated: Documentary/Cultural
International Documentary Association, USA (2003) – Winner: Best Feature Documentary
Irish Film and Television Awards, Ireland (2003) – Nominated: Best Irish Film; Best Documentary
Peabody Awards, USA (2004) – Winner: Excellence in Television Broadcasting
Prix Italia, Italy (2003) – Winner: TV Documentary – Current Affairs; SIGNIS Award
Seattle International Film Festival, USA (2003) – Winner: Golden Space Needle Award: Best Documentary
Bartley & O’Briain went to Venezuela expecting to make an intimate profile of Hugo Chavez, the maverick president who’s become a new icon of the left. They got more than they bargained for. Chavez’s attempts to redistribute his country’s vast oil wealth inevitably made him many enemies whose smear campaigns, orchestrated through private TV channels, culminated in last year’s coup. With the luck of the Irish, the filmmakers found themselves inside the presidential palace as soldiers carted Chavez off to a secret destination – only to return him 48 hours later amid widespread street protests. A thrilling look behind the scenes at a failed coup and a dramatic illustration of the mass media’s power to distort reality and manipulate public opinion.
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Previous Festivals
Seattle International Film Festival, USA (2003)
São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil (2005)
Leeds International Film Festival, UK (2003)
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, USA (2004)
Chicago International Film Festival, USA (2003)
Banff World Television Festival, Canada (2003)
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