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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (also Chavez: Inside the Coup) is a 2002 documentary about the April 2002 attempted coup d'état in which Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was briefly deposed.

A television crew from Ireland's Radio Telifís Éireann happened to be recording a documentary about Chávez at the time when the coup broke out. Shifting focus, they then proceeded to follow the events as they occurred. During their filming, the crew recorded images of the events that contradicted explanations given by anti-Chávez campaigners, the opposition-controlled private media, the US State Department, and then White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer. Their conclusion is that the coup was the result of a much larger conspiracy between various old guard, anti-Chávez factions within both Venezuela and the United States.

The film has won awards at many of the film festival screenings where it was shown. It has been widely debated among both supporters and critics of the Venezuelan government. According to some critics and members of the Venezuelan opposition, the film omits (or misrepresents) important events, such as the resignation of Chávez publicly announced by General in Chief Lucas Rincón Romero. A summary of alleged omissions can be read here: .

Supporters of the Chávez administration and of the film claim that there has been by anti-Chávez groups and attempts to have the documentary quashed. They argue the events are in fact correctly portrayed in the documentary. . Further it is claimed that Gustavo Cisneros was and behind attempts to quash the film.

Although the documentary was not widely distributed, a number of pro-Chávez lobby groups, such as and Hands Off Venezuela, are distributing copies on DVD for free or small donations. A Spanish language documentary, Venezuela Bolivariana: People and Struggle of the Fourth World War, covers much of the same subject and uses some footage from 'Revolution'.

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