Eyes Wide Open

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Gonzalo Arijón
Writing	Screenplay	Gonzalo Arijón
Production	Executive Producer	Pascal Dupont
	Associate Producer	Hilary Sandison
Camera	Director of Photography	Gonzalo Arijón Pablo Zubizarreta
Sound	Sound Director	Fabián Oliver
	Music	Florencia Di Concilio
Editing	Editor	Samuel Lajus
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