Patricio Guzmán: Memory Works
THE BATTLE OF CHILE: PART ONE
THE INSURRECTION OF THE BOURGEOISIE
DIRECTOR: PATRICIO GUZMÁN
CHILE/CUBA/FRANCE, 1975
One of the most riveting documentary accounts of history in the making, THE BATTLE OF CHILE began as an attempt to document Salvadore Allende’s revolutionary experiment in social justice in its formative stages. A 31-year-old Guzmán, fresh out of film school in Madrid, led a team of cameramen into the streets of Santiago and outlying towns to capture the different sides forming for and against the visionary leader. The first part focuses not on Allende or his progressive government, but rather on the middle class resistance to Allende’s program that would eventually empower and inspire the military uprising. Offering singular insight into the disintegration of Allende’s regime, Guzmán crafts a mesmerizing vérité account of Allende’s fall energized by the vivid voices of Chilean citizens. “The major political film of our time.”—Village Voice. (96 mins.)
SINGLE OR DOUBLE FEATURE (Double feature with THE BATTLE OF CHILE: PART TWO)
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