Jorge Solé
Directing
Biography
Jorge Solé (Montevideo, 1941) is a Uruguayan-Venezuelan filmmaker, documentarian, and photographer, regarded as a key figure of the New Latin American Cinema. A self-taught artist in film and television, he arrived in Venezuela in the 1960s, where he developed a prolific career as a director, screenwriter, and educator. His most acclaimed work, TVenezuela (1969), is a pioneering documentary that analyzes mass media and popular culture from a decolonial perspective. He was the founder of the Film Department at the University of Los Andes and a member of the Executive Committee of the CNAC.
Known For
Diamantes, short produced by the ULA, registered the birth of a new town: San Salvador de Paul, the arrival of new residents, farmers who ventured in search of riches, merchants, gamblers, prostitutes, all trying to snatch the momentary wealth of those who discovered the mineral, typical image of underdevelopment.
Diamantes
Pozo muerto (Dead well), a 1967 documentary film by Carlos Rebolledo, Antonio de la Rosa, and Edmundo Aray, denounces the effects of an oil spill on the fishing communities along Lake Maracaibo in western Venezuela.
Dead well
“Through the use of violent symbols (loosely associated with Artaud’s notion of cruelty), some of the consequences of the current social organization in Latin-America are exposed: the alienation, marginalization and reification of men, and the continuous presence of imperialism, considered as rape.” (UU)
Enough!
A motion picture of the economic and social situation in current Venezuela, through three characters affected one way or another by dependency and neocolonialism.
Venezuela tres tiempos (Fragmentos del anti-desarrollo)
Documentary on the electoral system in Uruguay. It focused on the upcoming federal elections, criticizing both of the country's political parties.
Elecciones
Documentary made from the record of five manifestations of Uruguayan children's folklore: «El rango», «La rayuela», «Andelito de oro», «La farolera» and «San Severín del monte» / «Los oficios».
Juegos y Rondas Tradicionales del Uruguay
Film by Jorge Solé.
Orinoco, un viaje al neolítico
Documentary film by Jorge Solé.
Ciencia y tecnología en la historia de Occidente
An analysis of the history of television in Venezuela, subjected to economic power and market interests. The film explores the messages that television reproduces through its "anchors" and the much-criticised soap operas.
TVenezuela
Documentary film by Jorge Solé and Carlos Rebolledo.
Los Andes y su universidad
Since the 1940s, the Basque community in Venezuela maintained the Basque government in exile through its contributions and was very active in denouncing Franco's dictatorship, running countless propaganda campaigns. The PNV (Basque Nationalist Party), the main figure in this struggle, made this film — a testimony of the Basque resistance to Franco's regime.