FILMOGRAPHY CHILE
The videos contained in the list are produced in Chile or are about Chile, it includes culture, history, arts, literature, politics, etc. For further information on a title please use our online catalog or feel free to contact Cindy Badilla-Melendez, the Media Resources Librarian or call (651) 962-5464.
Americas in Transition: F1418 .A44 1981
Focuses on American military intervention in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Chile, and El Salvador. Discusses the roots of dictatorship, its effects on citizens, movements toward majority rule, and communist influences.
La Batalla de Chile: F3100 .B37 1993 v.1-3
Documentary on the fate of Allende's Popular Unity government filmed throughout Chile from February to September 1973.
La Cueca Sola: HQ1236.5.C5 C8 2003
On September 11, 1973, a military coup in Chile brought Augusto Pinochet to power, and over the next 17 years, thousands of men were taken from their homes never to return. Since that time, Chilean women have danced the country's traditional courtship dance alone, and 'La Cueca Sola' has become a symbol of women's struggle against the dictatorship. After 30 years in exile, critically acclaimed filmmaker Marilu Mallet returns to Santiago to meet with five Chilean women from three generations who suffered under the dictatorship and have emerged as heroes under democracy
Chile: the Drama of Hope: F3100 .C45 2004 DVD
Provides glimpses into the lives of women in Chile, including the effects of the Pinochet dictatorship and the role of women in opposing it.
A Force More Powerful: HM278 .F67 2000 v.2
Chile: "Defeat of a dictator".
Isabel Allende: the Woman's Voice in Latin-American Literature: PQ8098.1.L54 Z4 2003 DVD
Isabel Allende, the most recent Latin-American novelist to bestride the wolrd literary stage-and the first Latin-American woman-describes the emotions that inform her fiction and the events that set them in motion. Niece of the deposed (and presumably assassinated) Chilean Marxist president Salvador Allende, she fled Chile in terror and blossomed in the exile to write of the love, hate, and revenge that shape the lives of people she knew, or dream about: her characters, her own legend in the making.
Salvador Allende: F301.A4 S3 2004 DVD
From his childhood in Valparaiso to his suicide following the Pinochet military coup on September 11, 1973, the life and works of chilean president Salvador Allende.
Caluga o Menta: PN1997 .C35 2000 DVD
Niki and his friend Nacho are two unemployed professionals who pass the day taking sun and "chuteando" stones in a peripheral suburb of Santiago. In this imposed leisure, Niki digresses on the sense of the existence and dreams about Manuela, who is his impossible love; Nacho, the more realistic, exploits himself in homosexual prostitution. With so marginal means, the friends journey between self-destruction and crime in order to survive in this vicious circle that cannot be broken.
Coronacion: PQ8097.D617 C6 2005 DVD
A glum, middle-aged bachelor, Don Andres, is the heir of a formerly wealthy and respected Chilean family. Andres suffers from decadence and solitude. He hires young Estela in order to look after his wealthy and abusive grandmother. The differences in class and age don't stop Andres from courting Estela, whose fiance Mario tries to make some money off of his well-to-do rival. The suffocating atmosphere of the run-down mansion mimics the deterioration of the Bourgeoisie, and threatens Andres own mental state.
Of Love and Shadows: PQ8098.1.L54 O3 2001 DVD
An on-the-edge photographer working with a beautiful magazine reporter uncovers a government's nightmare: a secret so deadly, the military will stop at nothing to eliminate them.
Machuca: PN1997 .M332 2006 DVD
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, Andres Wood's Machuca is the moving story of the friendship between two boys from different sides of the social spectrum.
Missing: PS3558.A759 M5 2004 DVD
This political thriller has its origins in an actual event -- the disappearance of a young American writer and filmmaker, Charles Horman (John Shea), during a South American military coup.
Pable Neruda: Chile's Master Poet: PQ8097.N4 Z4 2004
The life and work of Pablo Neruda -- Nobel Laureate, statesman, renowned poet -- both reflect and embody the events that shaped the 20th century. Born in Chile, he fled as a political refugee in 1948, not to return until 1952. Through archival materials, Neruda's writings, and interviews with family, friends and scholars, this program presents Neruda's life and the times that molded it.
Pinochet's Last Stand: F3101.3 .P56 2008 DVD In Spanish and English
In 1973, Gen. Pinochet overtook Chile in a violent coup. In 1998 came the surprise arrest of the former Chilean dictator for crimes against humanity. Armed with a diplomatic passport and apparent immunity, the retired general visited Great Britain for a vacation that was to forever change his life, and the prospects for dictators across the globe. Amnesty International spearheaded the long-awaited arrest with help from the Spanish and British governments, but faced a pro-Pinochet publicity campaign masterminded by one of the dictator's few allies, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. As the dissenting faction pushed for an extradition trail, 500 days passed with Pinochet held under house arrest in an exclusive suburban London community.
Sub Terra: PQ8097.L5 S8 2004 DVD
The town of Lota, Chile, 1897 is the setting that reflects a history of human and social changes. In the depths of the biggest coal mine in the world, a grand rebellion develops in the heart of a man. While the aristocratic family of Cousino Goyenechea dreams of progress, the coal miners awaken in their search for dignity.
Compiled by
Cindy Badilla-Melendez
Media Resources Librarian
