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Bolivia after Che shows how the progressive aims of a military coup in Bolivia after the murder of Che Guevara are met by the United States of America by selling the U.S. strategic reserves of tin on the world market, thereby lowering the prize of Bolivias main export article, tin.
As a result , the government soon falls. The film contains extensive social material from the tin mines, as well as on the struggle of the union leaders from the mining fields.
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Jan Lindqvist, born 1941, in Säffle, is a Swedish filmmaker, director, cinematographer, and screenwriter, best known for his collaboration with director/writer Stefan Jarl in “Dom kallar oss mods/They Call Us Misfits” (1968). Jan Lindqvist made his first official documentary in 1962, “Medevi brunn”, was accepted at the Filmskolan in Stockholm where he met with Stefan Jarl. The two explored the offbeat parts of the city, made a couple of short documentaries on youth issues and became well known through the feature film “Dom kallar oss mods”. They used up the money they had made on the film to create the ultimate documentary called “Förvandla Sverige/ Transform Sweden”. In the 70’s Jan Lindqvist produced a couple of films with Marie Cederquist in Latin America. “Tiden är en dröm/ Time is a Dream” (1999) – a film about Sweden 1859-1879. Jan Lindqvist has received a large number of awards over the years.