THE QUEEN OF THE PEOPLE
Realizador JUAN ANDRES BELLO
Países Canada
Duração 65 min
Sinopse
The Queen of the People tells the history of the first experience of universal vote in Venezuela. The first time Venezuelans went to vote, they did so in order to choose a beauty queen. In 1944, Caracas hosts the 7th Amateur Baseball World Series. The organizers decide that the beauty queen of the event has to be elected via a popular vote. The title is disputed by Yolanda Leal, a school teacher from a humble neighbourhood, and Oly Clemente, a young woman from Caracas’ high society. The beauty pageant soon turns into a passionate contest of national proportions. The country was entering a transition to democracy and the newly formed political organizations understood the event as a means to promote their ideas. It was an opportunity to test the citizens’ political capacity to elect their rulers.
The Queen of the People tells the history of the first experience of universal vote in Venezuela. The first time Venezuelans went to vote, they did so in order to choose a beauty queen. In 1944, Caracas hosts the 7th Amateur Baseball World Series. The organizers decide that the beauty queen of the event has to be elected via a popular vote. The title is disputed by Yolanda Leal, a school teacher from a humble neighbourhood, and Oly Clemente, a young woman from Caracas’ high society. The beauty pageant soon turns into a passionate contest of national proportions. The country was entering a transition to democracy and the newly formed political organizations understood the event as a means to promote their ideas. It was an opportunity to test the citizens’ political capacity to elect their rulers.