[The Guardian report on the announcement made by Venezuela's congress that it will finance U.S. actor Danny Glover's biopic of Toussaint Louverture, an iconic figure in the Caribbean who led an 18th-century revolt in Haiti. It will also give seed money for a film version of The General in His Labyrinth, Gabriel García Márquez's novel about the last days of Simón Bolívar, who liberated much of South America from Spanish colonialism.--Ed]
U.S. actor Danny Glover with Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez
Venezuela Allocates $18 Million for Danny Glover Film on Slave Revolt
By Rory Carroll - The Guardian
May 21, 2007
Venezuela is to give the American actor Danny Glover almost $18m (£9m) to make a film about a slave uprising in Haiti. The Venezuelan congress said it would use the proceeds from a recent bond sale with Argentina to finance Glover's biopic of Toussaint Louverture, an iconic figure in the Caribbean who led an 18th-century revolt in Haiti.
It will also give seed money for a film version of The General in His Labyrinth, Gabriel García Márquez's novel about the last days of Simón Bolívar, who liberated much of South America from Spanish colonialism.
A document from the congress's finance commission said the culture ministry would be a partner with Glover and give $17.8m for "scripts, production costs, wardrobe, lighting, transport, makeup and the creation of the whole creative and administrative platform".
The project could mark a breakthrough for Villa del Cine, a new government-funded studio outside the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, which is part of Mr Chávez's effort to combat what he sees as American cultural hegemony.
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Venezuelan filmmakers are not too happy about this. With $18 million they could have made at least 34 movies, generating 1,500 direct and 2,500 indirect jobs in Venezuela. That amount is equivalent to five years of state funding to the movie sector.
Source (in Spanish): http://internacional.eluniversal.com/2007/05/23/til_art_cineastas-reprueban_295975.shtml
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