Chile, Obstinate Memory
In this feature documentary, a Chilean filmmaker returns to the motherland for the first time in 23 years. Time is passing. A generation of young Chileans has grown up with no knowledge of the facts surrounding the military coup of September 11, 1973. In his suitcase, The Battle of Chile his 3-part cinéma vérité chronicle of the political tensions in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counterrevolution against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende. His documentary toured the world but was never seen in Chile. Discreetly, he shows it to his friends and a small group of students. After the screening, the young people are in a state of shock. They have an urgent need to know the truth, for it is they who must build the Chile of tomorrow. In Spanish with English subtitles
Pedagogical evaluations and study guides are only available to CAMPUS subscribers.
CAMPUS
Features designed specifically for teachers. Learn more
Already subscribed? Sign in
Embed this code on your site
Chile, Obstinate Memory, Patricio Guzman, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
Video player width
Reset-
directorPatricio Guzman
-
narratorPatricio Guzman
-
producerYves JeanneauÉric Michel
-
associate producerFernando AcunaRicardo Larrain
-
cameraÉric Pittard
-
soundBoris Herrera
-
editingHélène Girard
-
sound editingLeopoldo Gutierrez
-
re-recordingShelley Craig
-
musicRobert M. Lepage
