Tiempos de dictadura
Film poster
Spanish	Tiempos de dictadura, tiempos de Marcos Pérez Jiménez
Directed by	Carlos Oteyza
Written by	Carlos Oteyza
Produced by	Siboney Films
Cinematography	Branimir Caleta
Music by	Álvaro Cordero
Release date	2012
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Venezuela
Language	Spanish

Tiempos de dictadura (English: Times of dictatorship) is a 2012 Venezuelan documentary film written and directed by Carlos Oteyza [es], narrated by humorist and political scientist Laureano Márquez. The film focuses on the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez.

Plot

The documentary narrates the period of the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, from the 1948 coup d'état against President Rómulo Gallegos and the human rights violations committed by the Seguridad Nacional secret police (including censorship, arrests, torture and extrajudicial killings) to the public works and lavish carnivals promoted by the oil boom.^[1][2]

Release

The film was screened in Venezuela on 7 September 2012. Oteyza declared that he was aiming to screen the documentary on 23 January, the anniversary when Pérez Jiménez was overthrown, but it was not possible due to the production time.^[2]