Chile Under Pinochet: A Film Chronology of Dictatorship and Memory
From the 1973 coup to its afterlives in national memory, these films trace violence, silence, resistance, and the ways Chile continues to confront Pinochet’s violent legacy.
Patricio Guzmán
The Returned Gaze of the Past: Patricio Guzmán’s ‘The First Year’
Films like The First Year play a crucial role in how nations negotiate and re-negotiate their self-image, and its reemergence is yet another step forward for post-Pinochet Chile.
Patricio Guzmán’s ‘Nostalgia for the Light’ and the Nature of Time
Patricio Guzmán’s post-Pinoche film Nostalgia for the Light reflects upon how we, as creatures of time, will never escape the past.