Seven years ago I sat down and watched The Revolution will not be Televised and frankly was blown away by what appeared to be a great victory against the bully. Subsequent demonisation by hawkish US conservatives just made the lights seem even lighter and the darks darker (didn't Pat Robertson propose assassinating Chavez at one point?) and it was a turning point in how I viewed not just Latin America's quest for independence from the outside world but also the way the US operates.
Innocent times.
If everything I've since heard and read about the country's leadership is true and not just propaganda (and even so I'm sure much of it is), well... that's another one to chalk up to experience.
I'll try and catch this film all the same.
(Maybe I'll make
a weekend of it)