NMASS presents:

VENEZUELA RISING

A documentary film directed by NMASS board
member Jennifer Wager.

Friday, November 10, 2006 at 7pm
@ the NMASS Brooklyn Workers’ Center

The screening (60 minutes) will be followed by a Q&A with the director and two Venezuelan organizers.

As seen through the eyes of grandmother and community organizer Gladys Bolivar, the documentary follows her and her compatriots five days before it is to be decided by popular referendum whether Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will continue in office or step down. The entire nation has been mobilized – will it be SI – yes he will be recalled, or NO – he will remain in office. Most in Venezuela feel that no less than the entire future of their country is at stake.

Issues of democracy and politics are addressed -- what constitutes a free and fair election -- and is that enough to ensure citizen participation? How are elections the ultimate measure of a thriving democracy?

Venezuela Rising gets behind the headlines and into the neighborhoods of Caracas to find out how participatory democracy works on the ground.

Visit the documentary’s official website: http://www.nuamerica.org

SPECIAL GUESTS:

Gladys Bolivar, a community organizer
from the ‘23 de enero’ neighborhood in Caracas,
Venezuela and main protagonist of the film.

Lizette Perez, community organizer from the
‘23 de enero’ neighborhood, and in the film

Jennifer Wager, director of the film

There is limited space.
Please RSVP to (718) 625-9091.

NMASS Brooklyn Workers’ Center
93 3rd Avenue (corner of 3rd & Bergen)

Train Directions: N/W/D/B/Q or 4/5 or 2/3 trains to Atlantic/Pacific Subway stop in Brooklyn. Take the Pacific exit onto Fourth Avenue. Walk down Pacific to Third Avenue and turn left. Walk two blocks to the corner of Bergen. We're right on the corner on the ground-floor.