Chile

Amnesia (Chile), 1994.
In this Kafka-esque drama set in Chile during the early years of the Pinochet dictatorship, Ramirez is a low-ranking soldier who, while he was stationed at a prison camp in the desert, was forced by the sadistic sergeant Zuniga to shoot political prisoners. Many years later, Ramirez runs across Zuniga and contemplates murdering him, but will that really help him come to terms with his past?

El Che de los gays (Chile), 2004.
Documentary of the life and social struggles of the Chilean journalist and gay activist, Victor Hugo Robles.

Chile, Obstinate Memory (Chile/Canada), 1997.
Patricio Guzmán, who was Salvador Allende’s bodyguard in 1973 when he was overthrown, returns to Chile 23 years later and shows his film The battle of Chile to his old friends and to a student group.

Diálogos de exiliados (Chile/France), 1975.
About a group of Chilean expatriates who settled in Paris after the 1973 military coup and their difficult relations with the country that has taken them in.

Estadio Nacional — National Stadium (Chile), 2001.
During two months in 1973, over 12,000 people were detained in National Stadium, which served as an improvised detention center following the 1973 coup. Most of the detainees were tortured and some were killed. This film, which contains the testimony of over 30 survivors and eyewitnesses, provides a detailed and moving account of their experiences.

A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict. Chile, Defeat of a Dictator (United States), 2000.
General Augusto Pinochet seized power in a 1973 military coup. He banned political parties, closed newspapers, and spread fear throughout the country. The democratic opposition realized that the constitution Pinochet wrote in 1980 called for a plebiscite–a chance for people to vote “Yes” or “No” on another eight years of military rule. On October 5, 1988, Pinochet was voted out

La frontera (Chile), 1991.
During the military dictatorship of Chile, Ramiro Orellana is sentenced to internal exile. La frontera is a desolate land inhabited by castaways whose lives are made of dreams and frustrations. Through his odyssey, Ramiro begins to find himself and to question his own personal frontiers.

Il pleut sur Santiago (France), 2001.
It’s September of 1973, and Santiago, the capital city of Chile, is about to witness a bloody war. Soon, army tanks, directed by General Augustin Pinochet, will invade the peaceful city streets, setting the stage for a brutal coup d’état, masterminded by America’s C.I.A.

Machuca (Chile), 2004.
In 1973, the Chilean military, under the direction of General Augusto Pinochet and backed by the CIA, overthrew the shaky socialist government of democratically elected President Salvador Allende. The coup led to the murder of 3,000 leftist Allende supporters and the detention of an estimated 250,000 political prisoners. Set against the background of the political instability that led to the crisis, Andrés Wood’s Machuca is the moving story of the friendship between two boys from different sides of the social spectrum

Missing (United States), 1982.
Based on an actual event, the story involves the search by his wife and father for a young American who has disappeared during the 1973 coup d’état in Chile.

Onward Christian Soldiers (United States), 1999.
Documents the intense, sophisticated and persistent proselytizing crusade launched by North American religious fundamentalists (Evangelicals and Pentecostals) in southern Latin America, particularly in Brazil, Chile and Ecuador, where they represent a challenge to the traditional popularity and authority of the Roman Catholic Church.

The Pinochet Case (France), 2001.
Documentary Investigating the legal case against Augusto Pinochet for crimes against humanity.

The Right to Live in Peace (Chile), 1999.
This documentary focuses on the life and work of folk singer Victor Jara, who was murdered in the aftermath of the 1973 coup. In life Jara was revered for his contribution to the ‘nueva canción’ movement, a revival of traditional Latin American music. In death, he became an inspiration throughout the world for the reestablishment of democracy in Chile.