Eyes Wide Open (2009) [N/A]
Release Date:
October 2, 2009
Original Title:
Ojos Bien Abiertos
Alternate Titles:
Eyes wide open. A trip along the South America of today
Ojos bien abiertos Un viaje por la Sudamérica de hoy
With My Eyes Wide Open
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Miramar
Morocha Films
Salado Media Cine
Xanadu
Production Countries:
Ecuador | France | Uruguay
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 115
A trip through modern South America
In 1971, Uruguayan journalist and writer Eduardo Galeano published his landmark work Open Veins of Latin America, in which he comprehensively described the centuries of economic exploitation of Latin America. Almost 40 years later, filmmaker Gonzalo Arijon reevaluates the situation. His search takes him from the soybean plantations of the Brazilian Amazon to the tin mines of Bolivia to the deep jungles of Ecuador. Arijon’s politically committed film allows the local populations to speak for themselves, interspersing this with archival footage of speeches by Hugo Chávez, Lula da Silva and Evo Morales. Galeano himself also speaks—sometimes in poetic language— about how the rise of socialist governments in the early 21st century is benefitting Latin America, and what more can be done.