José Ignacio Cabrujas
Biography: José Ignacio Cabrujas Lofiego (July 17, 1937 – October 21, 1995 in Porlamar, Margarita Island) was a Venezuelan playwright, theater director, chronicler, soap opera writer, drama librettist, screenplay writer, radio moderator, humanist and political campaigns designer. He is considered one of the founders and innovators of the modern telenovela genre in Latin America, and is called the "Maestro de las Telenovelas."
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 17, 1937
Deathday: October 21, 1995
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Araya
1959-08-31
Araya
Overview: "Araya" is an old natural salt mine located in a peninsula in northeastern Venezuela which was still, by 1959, being exploited manually five hundred years after its discovery by the Spanish. In images, the life of the "salineros" and their archaic methods of work before their definite disappearance with the arrival of the industrial exploitation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-08-31
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Sacred and Obscene
1975-07-23
Sacred and Obscene
Overview: Pedro Zamora (Miguelangel Landa) is a former guerrilla who returns to Caracas and moves to a pension as a tenant. Despite appearances, he has come to fulfill a secret mission to its ultimate consequences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1975-07-23
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The Burning of Judas
1974-11-20
The Burning of Judas
Overview: Jesús María Carmona is a small-time crook who poses as a cop so he can rob a bank. A few days before the day he planned to do it, a guerrilla group robs the same bank and Carmona is shot to death defending it when he has no other choice but to act as a policeman. Soon after, his image becomes a symbol for the police and he is honored, but his identity is found out. Meanwhile, in the neighborhood where he grew up his effigy is burned as he is now considered a traitor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1974-11-20
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Chronicle of a Latin American Subversive
1974-07-23
Chronicle of a Latin American Subversive
Overview: 1964, in a Latin American country, a journalist is head of an armed liberation movement that decides to initiate radical actions. His second in command, a farmer, and the other members of the group will kidnap a north american colonel stationed in Venezuela to force his government to suspend the execution of the vietnamese Nguyen Van Troi, accused of trying to assassinate the American Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1974-07-23
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Cabrujas en el país del disimulo
2017-01-13
Cabrujas en el país del disimulo
Overview: Beginning with his childhood and covering the many facets that characterized his intellectual universe, this documentary details the different aspects of the most important venezuelan writer of the 60s, 70s and 80s: José Ignacio Cabrujas.
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-01-13
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Juan Vicente Gómez y su época
1974-08-09
Juan Vicente Gómez y su época
Overview: Documentary on Venezuela's dictator Juan Vicente Gómez.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-08-09
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Iniciación de un shamán
1980-04-12
Iniciación de un shamán
Overview: Halfway between fiction and documentary, Initiation of a Shaman tells the story of Rarowe, a young Yanomami who is about to be initiated and must make contact with spirits brought by other shamans. The young man feels the effects of the initiation and always waits until the end to see if he can withstand it. The initiation itself is a rare event and occurs only when the old medicine man is about to die. The ancient rites includes the struggle of the youth with evil spirits which attempt to prevent the old witch doctor from imparting his wisdom to the young man. Hallucinogetic plants are used by the tribe to increase perception. The eerie images depicted are similar to those evoked in the books of Castaneda.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1980-04-12
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