Carlos Oteyza

Carlos Oteyza

73 (1951-09-06)
Caracas, Venezuela

Carlos Oteyza is a Venezuelan film director, historian, and screenwriter. Oteyza began his career with the fiction short film Siete Notas in 1971, but has dedicated most of his work to documentary films, among which El Pueblo Soy Yo: Venezuela en Populismo, Tiempos de Dictadura, CAP 2 Intentos, and Rómulo Resiste stand out.

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Tiempos de Dictadura, Tiempos de Marcos Pérez Jiménez 2012 (4.6)

Told through animations, testimonials and pictures, a controversial and dramatic past Venezuelan time.
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CAP: 2 Intentos 2016 (10)

A full on examination of the two presidential terms of Carlos Andres Perez in which he led the venezuelan fates: 1974-1979 and 1989-1993, known respectively as "La Gran Venezuela" and "El Gran Viraje". Two models of government that, separated by ten years, were very different but produced a change in the history of the country.
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La propia gente 1981 (9.5)

This documentary is comprised of three shorts: 'El Afinque de Marín' that follows the musicians of the group Madera. 'Yo hablo a Caracas' about an indigenous leader and his reply to the authorities of the venezuelan goverment regarding the violations towards his people and finally 'Mayami Nuestro' chronicles the relationship of venezuelans during the eighties with the city of Miami.