Sol Productions is proud to announce the release of our latest feature-length documentary film, Moving Pictures o Los Autos de Caracas, which will premiere this October the 7th at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs.
In the fall of 2006, a team of four young Americans spent two months in Venezuela filming interviews and events with people from across the political spectrum ahead of that year's presidential election. The film, ¿Puedo Hablar? / May I Speak?, offered a portrait of Venezuelan society at a crossroads; a re-elected President Hugo Chávez, challenged by a mounting opposition; a divided Venezuelan state, but one from which the team managed to extract glimmers of hope for renewed dialogue and a bridging of the political gap.
In Moving Pictures o Los Autos de Caracas, the group of young Americans travels once again throughout Venezuela—from the crowded capital city, Caracas, to the Amazon, the Andes, and Lake Maracaibo, reconnecting with characters featured in the first film. This new documentary from Sol Productions chronicles the trajectory of these Venezuelans’ lives in the four years since Hugo Chávez's re-election. It contemplates what these stories mean for the legacy of Chávez's rise to power and for the future of this fascinating country, examining a nation as it grapples with its many autos--el automóvil, la autopista, el autorretrato, la autoleyenda, la autonomía, la autosostenibilidad, la autocrítica, and others.
Watch the trailer here: In the fall of 2006, a team of four young Americans spent two months in Venezuela filming interviews and events with people from across the political spectrum ahead of that year's presidential election. The film, ¿Puedo Hablar? / May I Speak?, offered a portrait of Venezuelan society at a crossroads; a re-elected President Hugo Chávez, challenged by a mounting opposition; a divided Venezuelan state, but one from which the team managed to extract glimmers of hope for renewed dialogue and a bridging of the political gap.
In Moving Pictures o Los Autos de Caracas, the group of young Americans travels once again throughout Venezuela—from the crowded capital city, Caracas, to the Amazon, the Andes, and Lake Maracaibo, reconnecting with characters featured in the first film. This new documentary from Sol Productions chronicles the trajectory of these Venezuelans’ lives in the four years since Hugo Chávez's re-election. It contemplates what these stories mean for the legacy of Chávez's rise to power and for the future of this fascinating country, examining a nation as it grapples with its many autos--el automóvil, la autopista, el autorretrato, la autoleyenda, la autonomía, la autosostenibilidad, la autocrítica, and others.
About Sol Productions
Sol Productions is a documentary film production studio based in Washington, DC. Sol has produced three highly-acclaimed documentary films on four continents, covering elections in Venezuela, Senegal, and France. Our work has appeared in major film festivals around the world, including the Montreal World Film Festival, the Boston International Film Festival, and the Sarasota International Film Festival. Our three films, ¿Puedo Hablar? / May I Speak?, Democracy in Dakar, and Democracy in Paris have enjoyed both popular backing and the embrace of the academic world.
Democracy in Dakar chronicles the role of hip-hop musicians in Senegalese national politics. It has been the subject of a special panel discussion at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington, and in January of 2009 the Smithsonian screened the film at the National Museum of African Art during official celebration of Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration. It was also screened as part of United Nations Week in New York, and received the "Media that Matters" award from Al Gore's Current TV. The film has also been discussed in special screenings at Harvard, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins, among many other universities.
¿Puedo Hablar? / May I Speak? examines contemporary Venezuelan politics through the lens of the 2006 presidential elections. The film has been fodder for debate and dialogue on campuses all over Europe and the United States, screening at both Cambridge University and to a full house at Harvard University's Rockefeller Center in an event co-organized by the Kennedy School of Government. Critically acclaimed by both Chavez sympathizers and opponents, it was also the subject of a special panel discussion at the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo, Norway. The film has been reviewed by the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) and Teaching Sociology, and has screened at over eighty-five colleges and universities throughout forty-four U.S. states and seven countries.
Discover more about Sol Productions here, or write us at:
Chris@Sol-Productions.org
Magee@Sol-Productions.org
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5643 South Blackstone Ave., Unit 2E, Chicago IL 60637
(603) 573-5556
chris@sol-productions.org
Purchase our documentaries for your classroom!
