FALN / Dawn Productions ; produced by Miguel Fuente ; writer, Robert Remark ; [a film by Peter Gessner and Robert Kramer].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Gessner, Peter, 1939- filmmaker.

Kramer, Robert, 1939-1999, filmmaker.

Fuente, Miguel, film producer, videographer.

Tollerman, P., narrator.

Dawn Productions, production company.

Icarus Films, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (Venezuela).

Pérez Jiménez, Marcos, 1914-2001.

Pérez Jiménez, Marcos.

Betancourt, Rómulo, 1908-1981.

Betancourt, Rómulo.

Guerrillas--Venezuela--History--20th century.

Guerrillas.

International relations.

History.

Venezuela--Politics and government--1935-.

Venezuela.

Politics and government.

United States--Foreign relations--Venezuela.

United States.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Short films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (30 min.) : digital, sound, black and white

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2019]

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

A critical examination of the reasons for the guerrilla struggle of the Armed Forces of National Liberation in Venezuela, beginning with the 1958 overthrow of dictator Perez Jimenez, and the flawed attempts at social reform by Romula Betancourt's government, to the 1962 emergence of the national liberation movement, the FALN which, failing to gain the support of the nation's poor, largely dissipated by the end of the decade. Incorporating archival footage and original scenes, the film also draws parallels with American foreign policy in other countries, particularly Vietnam.

Participant:

Narrator: P. Tollerman.

Credits:

Cameramen, C. Aguirre, M. Fuente, A. Vargas ; film editor, Peter David.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: Dawn Productions, ©1965.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 13, 2019).

Publisher Number:

if-faln Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.