Venezuela From Below video available for download

This documentary consists mostly of interviews with working-class Venezuelan women and men, including a few long-time left activists, talking about how they have been affecting and affected by the changes in Venezuela since the election of Hugo Chavez. It will disappoint those looking for "balance" between revolutionary and counter-revolutionary views, but will be of great interest to those interested in understanding the accomplishments and limitations of the revolutionary process. It also has some nice musical interludes to prevent information overload.

The full title of the original DVD is Venezuela Von Unten/Venezuela From Below/Venezuela Desde Abajo. The audio is all in Spanish, but the first two versions are subtitled and captioned -- very professionally -- in the respective languages. The videomakers are Dario Azzellini, a journalist and long-time Berlin resident, and Oliver Ressler, a Viennese artist working largely in video and installations. They have recently released a new DVD, "5 Factories: Worker Control in Venezuela" (also in three languages). Their web sites are at http://www.azzellini.net/ and http://www.ressler.at/.