Directing

Jorge Solé

Born

1941-10-13 (85)

Place of birth

Montevideo, Uruguay

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Directing

Credits

5 titles

Jorge Solé (Montevideo, 1941) is a Uruguayan-Venezuelan filmmaker, documentarian, and photographer, regarded as a key figure of the New Latin American Cinema. A self-taught artist in film and television, he arrived in Venezuela in the 1960s, where he developed a prolific career as a director, screenwriter, and educator. His most acclaimed work, TVenezuela (1969), is a pioneering documentary that analyzes mass media and popular culture from a decolonial perspective. He was the founder of the Film Department at the University of Los Andes and a member of the Executive Committee of the CNAC.

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Documentary film by Jorge Solé.

Ciencia y tecnología en la historia de Occidente

1974

An analysis of the history of television in Venezuela, subjected to economic power and market interests. The film explores the messages that television reproduces through its "anchors" and the much-criticised soap operas.