Puente Llaguno: Claves de una Masacre

Puente Llaguno: Claves de una Masacre
Directed by	Ángel Palacios
Written by	Ángel Palacios
Release date	2004
Running time	105 min
Country	Venezuela
Language	Spanish

Puente Llaguno: Claves de una Masacre (English: Llaguno Bridge: Keys to a Massacre) (2004) is a documentary film about the events of the 2002 Llaguno Overpass events in Caracas, Venezuela.

Synopsis

The film argues that "anti-Chávez opposition alliance manipulated coverage ... to make it look like the government used gunmen to shoot and kill opposition demonstrators". The Puente Llaguno of the title is a bridge in central Caracas, near the Miraflores Palace, made infamous by the events of 11 April 2002, when Venezuelan private media showed gunmen firing from it at opposition protestors.

The documentary claimed that the Chavistas on the bridge did not begin shooting until 4:38 pm, by which time most of the opposition deaths had already occurred. American academic Brian Nelson responds that such claims are false, showing that opposition demonstrator Jesús Arellano was killed just before 2:30 pm, with photos showing Chavistas further up the street brandishing firearms and closer than purported by the earlier sources.

Production

Director Ángel Palacios is described as a "staunch supporter of President Hugo Chávez who is nevertheless frequently critical of stances taken by the government"; he graduated in film studies from Cuba's San Antonio de los Baños.

See also

• 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt
• Llaguno Overpass
• The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (film)
• X-Ray of a Lie

References

• Schiller, Naomi (October 2009). "Framing the Revolution: Circulation and Meaning of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised". Mass Communication and Society. 12 (4): 478–502. doi:10.1080/15205430903237832.

External links

• Puente Llaguno: Claves de una Masacre at IMDb
• (in Spanish) Puente Llaguno: Claves de una Masacre at Google Video