Revolución (S)

In 1963 the Bolivian filmmaker Jorge Sanjinés released his first independent short film, Revolución. Made out of fragments of footage filmed while making propaganda documentaries for the state lottery, and edited according to theoretical precepts of Soviet montage, Revolución was excitedly billed for a La Paz screening as ‘Bolivia’s first experimental film’, at once a ‘masterly . . . poem’ and a ‘true social art’ with a ‘deeply national meaning’ (Productoras Cinematogra ´ficas Luz y Sombra, 1964).- David M. J. Wood