Don't Tell My Mother Im In Venezuela

Description: Don't Tell My Mother Im In Venezuela: Oil and socialism are big exports in Venezuela and Diego Bunyuel steps into the heart of both in the capital city of Caracas. Diego stumbles across a socialist protest where tense relations with the U.S. over politics and oil are top of mind for participants. But while government-enforced low costs have made gas unbelievably cheap for Venezuelans - just a few cents per litre - regulations have caused massive food shortages. Diego sneaks over the Colombian border to investigate illegal gas smuggling. In the countryside of San Felipe agrarian reform is putting land back into the hands of the people with former sugar cane workers kicking out their former bosses. With a machete and some VHS film tape workers mark off their land waiting for it to be recognised by the local mayors office. High in the Venezuelan Andes Diego follows two volunteers who bring a mobile library by mule to help families attending school in the mountains. In the Caracas slum of Antimano Diego plays pick-up basketball and visits an area where school is held in the streets.