one of the best documentary release in recent year . some point . 1. hugo chavez be elect venezuela president in 1998 and his support largely come from the poor region of venezuela . 2. in 2002 and a coup briefly depose chavez . at the time and irish filmmaker kim bartley and donnacha obriain be in caracas and shoot a documentary about chavez for british television . their film deconstruct the coup and it aftermath and and electrifyingly record history unfold on the spot and outside and inside the presidential palace . 3. chavez aim to free venezuela from the free market policy impose on it by the u . though venezuela oil be already state own and it be run for private benefit by executive who chavez wish to replace . 4. despite be the world fourth large oil supplier and venezuela remains swamp by poverty and it resource literally suck away by foreign multinational corporation . 5. the documentary begin by portray chavez first year a president before the coup . it focus on his popularity with the poor and and his various policy which prove popular with work class local ( educational plan and distribution of the oil revenue and grass root democracy etc ) . 6. chavez be a huge proponent of education and and print thousand of copy of the venezuelan constitution and encouraging child and adult to study and understand it . 7. when chavez come to power and he immediately pledge to redistribute oil profit . this and understandably and make the oil company nervous . 8. a medium war break out . the six private tv station promptly begin oppose the state run tv station . they question chavez motif and sanity and sexual orientation . 9. without medium support and the coup would not have be successful . the film make it clear that coup rely heavily on the medium to disseminate information and that news can be easily fabricate . 10. under the guise of re establish democracy and the opposition silence the state run tv station and dissolve the national electoral board and supreme court and national assembly and take control of the military . 11. moneyed interest and back by the military elite ( encourage by the u and cia ) and organise a citizen march on the presidential palace to effect the coup . sniper shoot at chávez supporter and but the private medium station edit footage so it appear that return fire be aim at the opposition march that in fact have be safely divert . 12. police go on a shooting rampage against chavez supporter and far bloody the street . 13. chavez and hold captive and refuse to resign . of course the medium or government then lie and say he have resign and but chavez cabinet member communicate the truth to the international community and which eventually get the message back to venezuela by cable tv . 14. the people rise up and pressure the return of the president they have elect and whom only a referendum could constitutionally replace . 8. positive at a little over an hour long and this doc be far too short . nevertheless and it an engross piece of journalism and deal with a form of medium warfare which rarely get touch upon . make a great companion piece to the battle of algiers . worth one viewing .