Listen To Venezuelatakes the viewer into a contemporary revolution and extraordinary experiment in radical democracy and social justice. In Venezuela, people have rejected the savage neo-liberal capitalism that has been imposed the world over. The once marginalised majority have become political actors in a story they have reclaimed from the Venezuelan oligarchy, Western business interests and Washington. This ambitious documentary evokes the scale and difficulties of radical social change in a political and poetic collage.

About The Filmmakers

Deirdre O’Neill has been teaching film studies for more than 15 years. For the last few years she has worked in the prison education sector in the UK. She currently runs Inside Film, an organisation set up with the aim of providing prisoners with the kind of education (critical, creative, theoretical and practical) that they would not normally have access to.

Mike Wayne is a Professor of film studies at Brunel University (UK).He has published widely on radical film traditions and documentary. He is the convenor of an MA in Documentary at Brunel and also works on the Inside Film project.

Listen To Venezuela is the first film that Deirdre O’Neill and Mike Wayne have made.