Complex sentence: Given direct access to Chávez, the filmmakers intended to make a fly-on-the-wall biography of the president, and spent seven months filming in Venezuela, following Chávez and his staff and interviewing ordinary citizens.
Split into simpler sentences: Given direct access to Chávez, the filmmakers intended to make a fly-on-the-wall biography of the president. They spent seven months filming in Venezuela, following Chávez and his staff and interviewing ordinary citizens.