Uruguay

Ácratas (Uruguay), 2000.
Using photographs, films and documents, chronicles an anarchist movement located in the Rio de la Plata and Montevideo areas in the first third of the 20th century. Revolutionaries included Miguel Arcángel Roscigno, Buenaventura Durruti, and Severino Di Giovanni

A las cinco en punto (Uruguay), 2004.
The largest act of peaceful resistance against authoritarianism in 1970s Latin America was the general strike in Uruguay which lasted from June 27 to July 11, 1973. Workers and students united to stage marches and rallies in the streets as a result of President Juan María Bordaberry having suspended the constitution and imposed a military dictatorship.

El baño del papa — The Pope’s toilet (Uruguay), 2008.
It’s 1988, and Melo, an Uruguayan town on the Brazilian border, awaits the visit of Pope John Paul II. 50,000 people are expected to attend, and the most humble locals believe that selling food and drink to the multitude will just about make them rich. Petty smuggler Beto thinks he has the best idea of all–he decides he will build a WC in front of his house and charge for its use. His efforts bring about unexpected consequences, and the final results will surprise everyone.

Héctor, el tejedor (Uruguay), 2000.
This documentary covers Uruguay from the 1930s to the 1990s as seen through the life and political work of textile worker Héctor Rodríguez, founder of the labor unions Confederación Nacional de Trabajadores and Frente Amplio.

Memorias de mujeres (Uruguay), 2005.
The Penal de Punta de Rieles in Montevideo held women political prisoners between 1973 and 1985. This documentary reconstructs life in the prison for women who resisted the dictatorship.

Por esos ojos — For These Eyes (Uruguay), 1997.
Tells the story of Mariana, adopted illegally by Argentine soldiers when her parents, two Uruguayan activists, were killed, and of her grandmother’s search for her.

Raúl Sendic, Tupamaro: 1925-1989 (Uruguay), 2005.
The Movimiento de Liberación Nacional – Tupamaros was founded in the early 1960s by journalist Raúl Sendic. This documentary employs archival materials and interviews to tell the story of Sendic and his Uruguayan urban guerrilla organization. The group began by robbing banks, gun clubs and other businesses, then distributing stolen food and money among the poor in Montevideo. By the late 1960s, it was engaged in political kidnappings, “armed propaganda” and assassinations. The Uruguayan army lashed back, and Sendic spent years in prison.

State of Siege (France), 1973.
Political thriller about the kidnapping of a U.S. police advisors by the Tupamaros, a Uruguayan revolutionary organization.