INTERESTED IN WORLD POLITICS?
WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT SOCIAL
MOVEMENTS
IN LATIN AMERICA?
Come to a special screening of
VENEZUELA RISING
(Documentary,
2005)
As
seen through the eyes of grandmother and community organizer Gladys
Bolivar, the
documentary follows her and her compatriots five days before it is to be
decided by popular referendum whether Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will
continue in office or step down. The entire nation has been mobilized –
will it be SI – yes he will be recalled, or NO – he will remain in
office. Most in Venezuela feel that no less than the entire future of their
country is at stake. Issues of democracy and politics are addressed -- what
constitutes a free and fair election -- and is that enough to ensure citizen
participation? How are elections the ultimate measure of a thriving democracy?
Venezuela Rising gets behind the headlines and into the neighborhoods of
Caracas to find out how participatory democracy works on the ground.
VIDEO SCREENING (60 min), FOLLOWED BY Q&A
SESSION
THE FILMMAKERS AND TWO COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS
FROM VENEZUELA WILL BE
PRESENT!
Monday,
November 6th at 8pm
at the Graduate
Student Lounge
(behind Au Bon Pain and
next to the College Ave Student Center)
GUEST PRESENTERS:
Gladys Bolivar, community organizer from the Ô23 de eneroÕ neighborhood, Caracas,
Venezuela and main protagonist of the film
Lizette Perez, community organizer from the Ô23 de eneroÕ neighborhood, and
in the film
Jennifer Wager, director of the film
Alvin Bailey, executive producer of the film
SPONSORED BY:
The Department of Spanish and
Portuguese
The Latin American Studies Program
(RULAS)
The Graduate Student Association (GSA)
Visit the documentaryÕs official website: http://www.nuamerica.org