Carlos Oteyza
Directing
Biography
Carlos Oteyza is a Venezuelan film director, historian, and screenwriter. Oteyza began his career with the fiction short film Siete Notas in 1971, but has dedicated most of his work to documentary films, among which El Pueblo Soy Yo: Venezuela en Populismo, Tiempos de Dictadura, CAP 2 Intentos, and Rómulo Resiste stand out.
Known For
Poet, student, fighter against Juan Vicente Gómez's dictatorship, novelist, humorist, entrepreneur, journalist and politician. Each of these pathways paints the multifaceted character that was Miguel Otero Silva
Miguel Otero Silva: A life and one thousand stories to tell
Mayami Nuestro goes beyond the slogan "tá barato, dame dos" (“it’s cheap, give me two”) to force a rethinking of Venezuela’s relationship with oil and national identity. Produced at the height of the oil boom, this 34-minute documentary examines Venezuelan lifestyles in the 1970s and early 1980s, questioning the consumerist fantasies fueled by petro-wealth. Through interviews with merchants, bankers, U.S. academics, and the testimonies of Venezuelans themselves, the film maps the era’s version of the “American Dream” as lived—and projected—abroad. Winner of national and international awards and directed by Carlos Oteyza, Mayami nuestro offers a sharp, historically grounded critique and an open invitation for new generations to reflect on the legacy of oil and its cultural consequences.
Mayami nuestro
The country that once had the highest economic growth in the world is now a benchmark of collapse and misery. I Am The People: Venezuela Under Populism is a documentary film that sets out to expose the skillful mechanisms of authoritarian power in the government initiated by Hugo Chávez and continued by Nicolás Maduro.
I Am The People: Venezuela Under Populism
Journalist exposé about how power and money ultimately corrupt the innocent.
The Scandal
Valuable testimonies, unedited images and Billo's iconic music depict his life from 1937 and throughout the following five decades, during which he immortalised Caracas' current affairs, public figures and historical landmarks in his musical arrangements.
A gozar con Billo. Luis María Frómeta
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El Reventón II: Hacia la nacionalización petrolera (1944 - 1976)
A full on examination of the two presidential terms of Carlos Andres Perez in which he led the venezuelan fates: 1974-1979 and 1989-1993, known respectively as "La Gran Venezuela" and "El Gran Viraje". Two models of government that, separated by ten years, were very different but produced a change in the history of the country.
CAP: 2 Intentos
This documentary is comprised of three shorts: 'El Afinque de Marín' that follows the musicians of the group Madera. 'Yo hablo a Caracas' about an indigenous leader and his reply to the authorities of the venezuelan goverment regarding the violations towards his people and finally 'Mayami Nuestro' chronicles the relationship of venezuelans during the eighties with the city of Miami.
La propia gente
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El General López Contreras: La Transición
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El Reventón I: Los inicios de la producción petrolera en Venezuela (1883 - 1943)
A woman sets out on a spiritual journey to find her brother in the far away land of Roraima.
Roraima
Two Venezuelan climbers try to fulfil their dream of an expedition to Mt. Everest.
A Dream in the Abyss
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Venezuela al Bate: Orígenes de nuestro béisbol
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Isaías Medina Angarita: Soldado de la libertad
Told through animations, testimonials and pictures, a controversial and dramatic past Venezuelan time.
Tiempos de Dictadura, Tiempos de Marcos Pérez Jiménez
An intimate look at the Venezuelan intellectual Rómulo Gallegos through photographs, footage and testimonies from people who knew him as an educationalist, politician and novelist.
Rómulo Gallegos. Horizons and pathways
Documentary about the story of Gustavo Cisneros told from the eyes of those who have been close to him in building a legacy for Venezuela and the world.
Gustavo Cisneros: Sin Descanso
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El Reventón III: La industria petrolera en manos venezolanas (1976 - 1999)
It tells the story of Tomás, a man who decides to enter the Orinoco jungle under another identity and meets a woman, together they will live in a world of threats
La voz del corazón
This documentary is a tribute to the founder of Bolívar Films on the occasion of the 61st anniversary of this production company, which presents, through valuable testimonies and unpublished images, the life and work of Luis Guillermo Villegas Blanco and his legacy in the Venezuelan film industry.