Taita Boves
TAITA BOVES chronicles a thirst for revenge that devastated Venezuela. It tells the true story of Jose Tomas Boves, a cruel man who became a legend during the Venezuelan War of Independence, the most violent in the Americas. He went from seafarer to pirate, horse smuggler to prosperous merchant, prisoner to military chief. Spanish by birth, he spearheaded a grass roots troop of slaves, mulattoes, Indians and mestizos who referred to him respectfully as 'Taita'. They crushed Simon Bolivar and his patriot army in 1814. This film is about this passions and power, his loves and misadventures, and a bloody saga that rocked Venezuela