Argentina
The Broken Silence (Argentina), 1986.
Chronicles the history of Argentina from Juan and Eva Perón to the present, focusing on the role of the military and on the struggle of the present democratic government of President Alfonsín to break the chain of fifty years of military dictatorships.
Camila (Argentina), 1984.
Based on a true story and set in Buenos Aires in the 1840s, a young Jesuit falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy landowner. They flee the city to escape social condemnation and live out a tragic love story.
Cautiva (Argentina), 2007.
Cristina’s life is thrown into turmoil when she is suddenly escorted from her strict Catholic school and told that she is really Sofía Lombardi, the daughter of activists who disappeared in the ’70s. Questioning everything she once thought true, Cristina embarks on a journey to find her true identity. Meeting others like herself, the young girl soon discovers the real-life horrors of Argentina’s relatively recent past and the nightmare that claimed tens of thousands of lives during the country’s “Dirty War”.
The Debt of Dictators (Norway), 2005.
This documentary exposes the irresponsible lending to brutal dictators by multinational financial institutions. Revealing the widespread impoverishment resulting from these debts, the film transports viewers to Argentina, South Africa, and the Philippines, where essential services have been sacrificed in order to repay these illegitimate loans. In each of the cases, the government pays more in servicing the foreign debts than it does on all essential social services combined.
La deuda interna (Argentina), 2002.
This film follows the life of an Indian boy, from his birth in remote Argentina, to his death in the Falklands/Malvinas war.
La dignidad de los nadies — The Dignity of the Nobodies (Argentina), 2006.
Argentina has been devastated by an orgy of exploitation at the hands of multinational corporations and lending institutions. Stories and testimonials paint a harrowing picture of globalization, while examples of organized resistance inspire, as documentarian Fernando Solanas chronicles the struggle of the “nobodies”: the workers, the small farmers and the indigenous people who are teaming up to fight for their dignity…and for their future.
La historia oficial — The Official Story (Argentina), 1985.
The wife of an Argentinean businessman faces the ultimate challenge when she begins to suspect that her own daughter, adopted at birth, may have been stolen from a family of “los desaparecidos”.
La hora de los hornos: notas y testimonios sobre el neocolonialismo la violencia y la liberación (Argentina), 1966-68.
A 1960s film manifesto on the liberation struggle being waged throughout Latin America, using Argentina as a historical model.
Imagining Argentina (Spain/Great Britain), 2005.
An extraordinary story of love, compassion, and danger. This political thriller is about one family who had the courage to fight for justice in a country ruled by fear. Based on the novel by Lawrence Thornton.
Kamchatka (Argentina), 2003.
In 1976, during the time of the “disappeared ones” in Argentina, two boys are moved to the countryside by their parents in an effort to keep the family together as long as possible.
Las madres (Argentina), 1996.
Mothers who believe their children were kidnapped by the Argentine government tell how they banded together to demonstrate in the Plaza de Mayo to publicize their complaints, and seek assistance in finding “los desparecidos” and punishing the kidnappers/murderers.
Memoria del saqueo (Argentina), 2006.
This film exposes the systematic despoiling of Argentina – not by a dictator or military junta but by an elected democracy.
The Motorcycle Diaries (Brazil), 2005.
An inspirational adventure, based on the true story of two young men, Ernesto “Che” Guevara, and a medical student colleague, whose thrilling and dangerous road trip across Latin America becomes a life-changing journey of self-discovery.
La noche de los lapices — The night of the pencils (Argentina), 1986.
A film based upon the testimony of Pablo Diaz, the only survivor of this tragic episode. In 1976, security forces kidnapped seven student leaders who were agitating for reduced bus fares. Four years later, Pablo was set free, while the other six were among the many who “disappeared” during the Argentine military dictatorship.
Los rubios (Argentina), 2005.
Filmmaker Albertina Carri was four in 1977, when her left-wing parents vanished without a trace, victims of Argentina’s brutal military junta. In this experimental documentary she uses an actress (Analía Couceyro) playing herself to interview real-life neighbors, friends, and political associates of her parents about what happened to them. Carri and her film crew sometimes join the actress on-screen, intensifying the film’s exploration of the elusiveness of memory and truth.
El proceso, 1976-1983 (Argentina), 2003.
On the 24th of March, 1976, a coup d’état finished the Argentine government of Isabel Perón. The Armed Forces assumed power and imposed a systematic plan of violation of human rights. This documentary takes a critical look at the events of almost eight years during the process of national reorganization.
Sur (Argentina), 1988.
Floreal (Miguel Ángel Solá), a political prisoner in Argentina, is liberated at the end of the dictatorship in 1983. His wife Rosi (Susú Pecoraro) waits for him with their young son, while she wrestles with the guilt of having had an affair with a family friend. As Floreal wanders the empty streets on his way home, he is confronted with the ghosts of his and his country’s past.