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Over the course of several years, Anabel Rodriguez Rios’ unsentimentally elegiac documentary Once Upon a Time in Venezuela quietly observes Congo Mirador being brought to its knees, to progressively powerful and enraging effect.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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The Hollywood Reporter by Jordan Mintzer
Ríos captures the village’s decline with a fair amount of affection and a keen eye for natural beauty.
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The result is a film that is presented as a kind of a fable, and a microcosm of a country whose fortunes once depended on oil.
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The reason that Once Upon A Time In Venezuela is so effective is that it explores a microcosm of the events.