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MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL - 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENEZUELA'

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  MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL - 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENEZUELA' Don't miss this  incredibly timely  film... The massive political and economic crisis and one of the world's largest refugee crises in Venezuela has been front page news in  The Washington Post ,  Los Angeles Times, and   The  New York Times  in recent weeks. 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENEZUELA' FIRST VENEZUELAN DOCUMENTARY AT SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL PROVIDES A TIMELY PROFILE OF A COMMUNITY AND POLITICS IN VENEZUELA Directed by Anabel Rodríguez Ríos Produced and Edited by Sepp R. Brudermann Once upon a time, the Venezuelan village of Congo Mirador was prosperous, alive with fishermen and poets. Now it is decaying and disintegrating – a small but prophetic reflection of Venezuela itself. BACKDROP With the world’s largest crude reserves at Lake Maracaibo not far from Congo Mirador, Venezuela was one of Latin America’s richest countries through the 1990s. The lake’s namesake city was even referred