Mar 27: "Venezuela from Below" - Documentary Film & Speakers

Documentary Film & Speakers:

"VENEZUELA FROM BELOW"

Monday, March 27, 7:00 PM
New College Theater
777 Valencia Street (near 19th St.), San Francisco

Speakers:

* Oliver Ressler - Co-director of "Venezuela from Below"
* Dario Azzellini - Co-director of "Venezuela from Below"
* Chris Gilbert - MATRIX Curator

About the Film:
"Venezuela from Below" by Dario Azzellini and Oliver Ressler (2004; 67 min.)

In Venezuela, a profound social transformation identified as the Bolivarian process has been underway since Hugo Chávez's governmental takeover in 1998. In this film, the true actors in the social process are able to speak: workers from the oil company PDVSA, farmers from a newly founded cooperative in Aragua, loan recipients from the 23 de Enero barrio in Caracas, indigenous community members from the Orinoco river valley, and others. These are the people of the grassroots and they speak about what they did and what they are doing, how they feel about the Bolivarian process, and about their expectations and ideas in the search for a social and economic model beyond neo-liberalism.

Following the screening, panelists will engage in discussion with the audience and each other about this film and Azzelini and Ressler's new video project about the on-going movement toward worker-controlled enterprises in Venezuela.

Donation Requested $5 (no one turned away due to lack of funds)

Presented by:
The Labor Video Project, LaborFest in conjunction with BAMPFA,
Hands Off Venezuela Coalition, New College Center For Education & Social Action

For more information: (415) 282-1908 or email lvpsf [at] labornet.org