Over the course of 7 months, from January to July 2002, we secured unprecedented access to film Chavez in his daily life. During this time, there was a coup. We [Kim Bartley & Donnacha O'Brien] were the only crew inside the presidential palace at the time. We were also the first there for his triumphant return some 48 hours laterŠ
On the 11th April 2002, the world awoke to the news that President Hugo Chavez had been removed from office and had been replaced by a new self-appointed"interim" government. News report after news report carried stories of the mayhem in Caracas, where 11 people had been killed in what were alleged to have been bloody street battles between Chavez supporters and an opposition march. Viewers all over the world were led to believe that Chavez had ordered the killings, and had therefore been forced to resign.
What had in fact took place was the first coup of the twenty first century, and the world's first media coup.
"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" is a thrilling insight into President Chavez and the power of globalized media.
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