The Sandspur

Issue date: 2/28/08 Section: News

The SunTrust Auditorium seats were almost filled on Tuesday evening as students gathered to watch the screening of ¿Puedo Hablar?.

The film is a new documentary about contemporary Venezuela and its president Hugo Chavez. It offers a snapshot of the country during the time of its presidential election just over a year ago.

The documentary is based on a collection of interviews with people from both sides of the political spectrum. Both the relatively 60% of the population which support Chavez and his "missions" to help the poor, and the opposition that highlights his aggressive discourse and excessive control within the country, are depicted.

This balanced presentation of the prevailing mindsets will, it is hoped, help to foster open discussion and a sense of understanding in a society that is becoming increasingly polarized along the lines of its political differences.

When asked about the process of creating the documentary, Chris Moore, a recent graduate from Trinity (a small college similar to Rollins) emphasized student accessibility to technology for both creating and showing a film. He himself, with a group of friends, traveled to Venezuela with limited resources for the documentary.

While it did take a lot of time, Chris appears to consider it all well spent. It's like a baby, he said. Actually, it's more than a baby, because it took longer than nine months (to create).

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