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| Title: | 11'09"01. September 11 : a film : 11 directors from different countries and cultures |
| Director: | Ken Loach, Alejandro Iñárritu et al. |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 135 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Imprint: | New York, NY : Empire Pictures, 2002 |
| Language: | English, French, Japanese, Arabic, Bosnian, Hebrew and Persian with optional English and French subtitles.
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| Notes: | Galatée Films ; Studio Canal. Original idea-artistic producer, Alain Brigand ; producers, Jacques Perrin, Nicolas Mauvernay ; individual directors: Samira Makhmalbaf, Claude Lelouch, Youssef Chahine, Danis Tanovic, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Ken Loach, Alejandro Iñárritu, Amos Gitai, Mira Nair, Sean Penn, Shohei Imamura.
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| Plot: | Eleven filmmakers from eleven countries reflect on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in short films lasting 11 minutes, 9 seconds and 1 frame.
"Eleven filmmakers, eleven looks implicating their individual conscience"...
This film is a unique and extraordinary response to the catastrophic events in New York City that shook the world on September 11, 2001. The French film company Studio Canal invited 11 renowned international directors to create a film lasting eleven minutes, nine seconds and one frame - 11'09''01.
Each filmmaker's entry takes a different approach. It's not a pontificating and solemn commemoration of this historical event.
Samira Makhmalbaf (Iran)
An Iranian teacher tries to tell Afghan refugee schoolchildren about the towers collapsing. But the destruction of the twin towers is quite remote for them. She finds them uncomprehending. Some of them say "God doesn't destroy humans" ... "He doesn't have airplanes!" The teacher leads them out of the school to view the smoking chimney of a brick kiln, the tallest structure in the arid landscape.
Claude Lelouch (France)
It is a small drama set in New York, where a deaf girl and her boyfriend are struggling with their relationship when he leaves to take a deaf tour group to the World Trace Center. With her own world falling apart, she's not watching the images on the television in the next room.
Youssef Chahine (Egypt)
Director Youssef Chahine directs a surreal segment and plays himself. In his entry, Egyptian director Youssef Chahine, playing himself, meets with the ghosts of a Marine killed in the 1983 bombing of US barracks in Beirut and the suicide bomber who carried out the attack. The director counts up those killed by US policy in places such as Vietnam and Indonesia for the Marine. What upsets him, and what he questions, is how far from American ideals American leaders often deviate.
Danis Tanovic (Bosnia)
This story is contributed about the mourners of those killed in the vicious Balkan wars of the mid-1990s. Tanovic shows his home country in chaos--people wounded and grieving, unable to go home. in a still war-scarred and too-quiet town center women are preparing to demonstrate as usual. When they get the news from New York their march takes on a new meaning.
Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina-Faso)
some kids are convinced they saw Ben Laden in Ouagadougou; they foment a plan to capture him and obtain the $25 million reward promised by the US. With this money, they erect dreams of social progress, including health care.
Ken Loach (UK)
Ken Loach holds the United States responsible of the September 11th tragedy. Narrated by Vladimir Vega, a Chilean exile living in London, Loach's contribution compares the events of Sept. 11, 1973 in Chile to Sept. 11, 2001 in the United States. On another 911 a US-led coup bombed Santiago. Some 30,000 people, including the elected president Allende, were killed. It's a shameful episode, and it led to the brutal military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Mexico))
Inarritu takes an experimental approach, less a narrative than a sensory experience. It leaves the screen completely blank except for brief glimpses of the worst footage--people jumping from the towers. The soundtrack features a blend of music, voices and news reports.
"Does God's light guide us or blind us?"
Amos Gitai (Israel)
Gitai shows us the aftermath of a car bombing in Tel Aviv, but as the film crew cover the event they're told their footage won't go out because something has happened in New York.
Mira Nair (India)
It's a true story about a Pakistani family in New York looking for their missing son. Since he was a Muslim, everyone assumes he was a terrorist. But actually he is a hero.
Sean Penn (USA)
An old man lives in the memory of his late wife. His days pass, monotonous, until the day when the towers collapse near his apartment. The light penetrates his gloomy sanctuary and provokes in him a terrible awareness of loss.
Shohei Imamura (Japan)
A WWII veteran in Japan thinks he's a snake. His family can't figure him out and are repelled by his actions. The allegorical meaning is: There's no such thing as a holy war.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Short films. United States. Chile. Mexico. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Actores secundarios |
| Director: | Pachi Bustos y Jorge Leiva |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (80 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (NTSC, Region All) |
| Imprint: | Chile : Alerce, la Otra Musica, 2005 |
| Language: | Spanish
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| Notes: | dirección, Pachi Bustos, Jorge Leiva. Idea original e investigación, Pachi Bustos, Marcela Betancourt, Jorge Leiva, Mireya Leyton, Rene Varas ; asistente de dirección, Rene Varas ; dirección de fotografía Pablo Valdés ; montaje Claudio González ; guión, Pachi Bustos, Jorge Leiva, Rene Varas ; producción, Marcela Betancourt, Mireya Leyton ; música original Sebastían Valsecchi ; sonido, Kiriakos Markar ; post producción de sonido Filmsonido. Extras include photos, interviews
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| Plot: | Documentary on the history of the student movent of the 1980s which opposed the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Chile. Student Movements. Augusto Pinochet. Politics and government, 1973-1988. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Americas in transition |
| Director: | Obie Benz. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (29 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in |
| Imprint: | New York : First Run/Icarus Films, 199-?] |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Americas in Transition, Inc. ; producer and director, Obie Benz. Originally produced in 1981. Credits Narrator, Ed Asner. Awards Blue Ribbon, 1982 American Film & Video Festival.
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| Plot: | 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.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Latin America. Nicaragua. Guatemala. Cuba. Dominican Republic. Chile. El Salvador. Politics and government, 1948-1980.Military relations, United States. Dictators. Communism. |
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| Title: | La batalla de Chile: la lucha de un pueblo sin armas, 1: La insurreccion de la burguesia / The battle of Chile : the struggle of an unarmed people. 1: The insurrection of the bourgoisie |
| Director: | Patricio Guzmán |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (96 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | New York, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, 199-?] |
| Language: | In Spanish with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | A Patricio Guzmán film. Originally presented in 1975 (pt. 1). Con la colaboración de Chris Marker, Instituto Cubano del Arte y Industria Cinematográfia (ICAIC) [and] John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation ; productor ejecutivo, Patricio Guzmán ; jefe de produccion, Federico Elton ; montaje, Pedro Chaskel ; fotografia y camara, Jorge Müller Silva ; sonido directo, Bernardo Menz.
Performer Narrator, Abilio Fernandez.
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| Plot: | Documents the political and social struggles in Chile in the months before the overthrow of the Allende government. Congressional elections in March 1973 did not overthrow the socialist government, and the opposition turned to parliamentary boycotts that dismissed one after the other of Allende's ministers, student demonstations and street violence, and support for the copper miner's strike, in order to intimidate the government.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Chile. Coup d'état, 1973. Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto. Allende Gossens, Salvador, 1908-1973 |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | La Batalla de Chile: la lucha de un pueblo sin armas. 3, La Fuerza del pueblo / The Battle of Chile: the struggle of an unarmed people. 3, The Power of the people. |
| Director: | Patricio Guzman |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (78 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | New York, N.Y. : First Run/Icarus Films, 199-?] |
| Language: | In Spanish with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | Un film chileno de Patricio Guzmán ; colaboración de Chris Marker y El Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográfica. Credits Writer director, Patricio Guzman ; editor, Pedro Chaskel ; camera, Jorge Müller ; exec. producer, Federico Elton. Note Videocassette release of a motion picture originally released in 1978. Performer Narrator: Abilio Fernandez.
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| Plot: | Completed two years after the first two parts of The battle of Chile, this film deals with the creation of thousands of local groups of popular power by ordinary workers and peasants to distribute food; occupy, guard, and run factories and farms; oppose black-market profiteering; and link together neighborhood social service organizations, first as a defense against strikes and lockouts by factory owners, tradesmen, and professional bodies opposed to the Allende government, and then increasingly as soviet-type bodies demanding more resolute action by the government against the right.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Chile. Politics and government: 1973-1988. Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | La Batalla de Chile : la lucha de un pueblo sin armas. 2. El Golpe de estado / The battle of Chile : the struggle of an unarmed people. 2. The coup d'etat |
| Director: | Patricio Guzmán |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (88 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | New York : First Run/Icarus Films, c1976. |
| Language: | In Spanish with English subtitles
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| Notes: | Con la colaboración de Chris Marker, Instituto Cubano del Arte y Industria Cinematográfia (ICAIC) [and] John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation ; productor ejecutivo, Patricio Guzmán ; jefe de produccion, Federico Elton ; montaje, Pedro Chaskel ; fotografia y cámara, Jorge Müller Silva ; sonido directo, Bernardo Menz.
Performer Narrator, Abilio Fernandez.
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| Plot: | Documents the events in Chile from the attempted coup in June 1973, to the final assault on the presidential palace, the death of Salvador Allende, and the establishment of the military junta under Augusto Pinochet in September 1973. Records the debates over strategy on the left, and the moves by the military, starting with weapons searches throughout the country, which allow them to plan the takeover.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Chile. Coup d'état, 1973. Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto. Allende Gossens, Salvador, 1908-1973 |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Bolaño cercano: un documental |
| Director: | Erik Haasnoot |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (41 min. : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Imprint: | Canet de Mar, Barcelona : Editorial Candaya, 2008 |
| Language: | Spanish
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| Notes: | Documental realizado en 2008 para ser incluido en el libro citado más abajo. Guión y dirección: Erik Haasnoot. Producción: Candaya. Voz en off: Cristina Riveros Vera.
Se incluye con el libro: Bolaño salvaje. Prólogo, compilación y edición, Edmundo Paz Soldán y Gustavo Faverón Patriau. Canet de Mar Barcelona : Editorial Candaya, 2008.
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| Plot: | La familia y los amigos más íntimos del escritor chileno Roberto Bolaño conversan sobre su vida y desvelan algunas claves de su escritura. Ambientada en Blanes, Barcelona y México DF, Bolaño cercano recoge los testimonios de Carolina López, Alexandra y Lautaro Bolaño, Antoni García Porta, Enrique Vila-Matas, Rodrigo Fresán y Juan Villoro.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Chile. Bolaño, Roberto (1953-2003) |
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| Title: | Chile: a history in exile. |
| Director: | Cecilia Araneda. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (ca. 28 min.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. VHS format. |
| Imprint: | Winnepeg : Cine al Azar, c1998. |
| Language: | Narration in English; dialogue in Spanish with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | presented by] Filmakers Library, Inc. ; produced & directed by Cecilia Araneda ; written by Cecilia Araneda ; produced by Cine al Azar, with the assistance of the Canada Council: Media Arts, and the National Film Board of Canada. Chicago Latino Film Festival, 1999. Director of photography, Owen Jin ; editor, R. Neil Peterson.
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| Plot: | An exile from Chile interviews Chilean citizens who suffered through the 1973 revolution and regime of Pinochet which brought to an end the first Marxist democracy in Latin America.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Chile. Politics and government, 1970-1973. Coup d-etat, 1973. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | La memoria obstinada / Chile, obstinate memory : a film. |
| Director: | Patricio Guzmán |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (ca. 58 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format. |
| Imprint: | New York, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, 1997. |
| Language: | In Spanish with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | By Patricio Guzman ; a coproduction of Les Films d-Ici and the National Film Board of Canada.
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| Plot: | Patricio Guzman, 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.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Chile. Politics and government, 1970-1973. Coup d'etat, 1973. Memory in Film. |
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| Title: | A force more powerful. |
| Director: | Steve York. |
| Format: | 2 videocassettes (174 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS |
| Imprint: | Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1992. |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Written, produced and directed by Steve York ; managing producer, Miriam. Zimmerman ; original music, John Keltonic.
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| Plot: | This six-part series tells one of the 20th century-s most important and least-known stories-- how nonviolent power overcame oppression and authoritarian rule. In South Africa in 1907, Mohandas Gandhi led Indian immigrants in a nonviolent fight for rights denied them by white rulers. The power that Gandhi pioneered has been used by underdogs on every continent and in every decade of the 20th century, to fight for their rights and freedom.
Episode 1 (87 min.): Nashville: We were warriors -- India -- South Africa: Freedom in our lifetime. --
Episode 2 (87 min.): Denmark -- Poland -- Chile: Defeat of a dictator.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Chile. Nonviolence |
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| Title: | Chile-s forbidden dreams |
| Director: | Delfina Guzman, Nissim Sharim and Claudio Di Girolamo. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (50 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | New York, N.Y. : Latin American Video Archives [dist.], c1984. |
| Language: | In English and Spanish with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | British Broadasting Corporation ; Ictus Theater Company ; producer, Edward Goldwyn. Photography, John Goodyer; film editor, Roderick Longhurst; series editor, Anthony Isaacs. Note Videocassette release of a 1984 television production. On label: copyright 1983, Ictus Theater Company, Santiago de Chile. Performer Artistic directors Delfina Guzman, Nissim Sharim, Claudio Di Girolamo, and other members of the company.
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| Plot: | The work of the ICTUS Theater company, which produced plays and videos about the ways the Pinochet regime instilled fear and self-censorship in the population. ICTUS- videos were made to be shown in community settings with the objective of helping people anesthetized by the Pinochet regime recover their forbidden dreams. Interviews with the principals of the company are interspersed with clips from their plays and video productions.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Chile. Performing arts. Political aspects. Experimental theater. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Death squadrons the French school / Escadrons de la mort : l'école française. |
| Director: | Marie-Monique Robin |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1) |
| Imprint: | Brooklyn, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, |
| Language: | Narrated in English with English subtitles for interviews conducted in French and Spanish.
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| Notes: | Originally broadcast on French television with title: Escadrons de la mort : l'école française. Ideale Audience presents in association with Canal+, ARTE France ; written and directed by Marie-Monique Robin with the collaboration of William Baudon ; produced by Françoise Gazio.
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| Plot: | A documentary on the involvement of the French military in Operation Condor, established in 1975 by the autocratic governments of South America. This supranational criminal organization's mission was the extermination of political opponents both in their own countries and abroad. "[R]eveals French veterans of the wars in Indochina and Algeria provided the inspiration, the training, and some of the intelligence that enables Latin American dictators to torture and kill thousands of their own citizens"--Container.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Argentina. Uruguay. Chile. Operación Cóndor (South American countersubversion association), Counterinsurgency. Latin America.
Death squads. Political violence |
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| Title: | Estadio Nacional / National Stadium |
| Director: | Carmen Luz Parot |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (90 min.); sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | Santiago, Chile : Zoo Film & Audio ; New York, NY : Distributed by Latin American Video Archives, 2001. |
| Language: | Spanish with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | Zoo Film & Audio ; direction, general production, Carmen Luz Parot ; production, Soledad Silva.
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| Plot: | 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.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Chile. Politics and government. Estadio Nacional (Santiago, Chile). Coup d'état, 1973. Political prisoners. Concentration camps. |
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| Title: | The Hispanic and Latin American Heritage video collection.
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| Director: | Jerry Baber, Rhonda Fabian |
| Format: | 10 videocassettes (ca. 30 min. ea.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | Bala Cynwyd, PA : Schlessinger Video Productions, c1995. |
| Language: | Dialogue in English
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| Notes: | produced and directed by Jerry Baber, Rhonda Fabian.Executive producer, Andrew Schlessinger ; writers, Jeff Wachtman, Rhonda Fabian ; archival research, Jeff Wachtman. Performer Narrator, Roger Pretto.
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| Plot: | These compelling biographies introduce students to outstanding Hispanic and Latin American men and women who have made significant contributions to their fields, countries and culture. From Spain, Mexico and the countries of Central and South America, covering the 15th century to the present, these individuals helped shape world politics, sports, philosophy and the arts. Period music, archival photographs, paintings, maps and expert commentary provide a complete picture of their lives and the significance of their achievements today.
[1] Joan Baez : Mexican-American folksinger --
[2] Simón Bolívar : Latin American revolutionary --
[3] Cesar Chavez : Mexican-American labor leader --
[4] Roberto Clemente : Puerto Rican baseball great --
[5] Hernán Cortéz : Spanish explorer --
[6] Ferdinand & Isabella : Spanish monarchs --
[7] Pablo Neruda : Chilean poet and diplomat --
[8] Juan & Evita Perón : President & First Lady of Argentina --
[9] George Santayana : Spanish philosopher and poet --
[10] Pancho Villa : Mexican revolutionary.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Latin America. Argentina. Mexico. United States. Chile. Venezuela. Puerto Rico. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Historic Chile films: Housing in Chile; South Chile; Fundo in Chile |
| Director: | n/a |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (58 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Imprint: | United States : Quality Information Publishers, c2007. |
| Language: | Spanish
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| Notes: | The topics featured in these three short films include The Andes Mountains, Patagonia, housing, farming, agriculture, education, the economy, and daily life in Chile.
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| Plot: | Housing in Chile: one government's plan to provide better homes (1943, 18 min.).
A spectacular film about life, poverty, urban growth and government in Santiago, Chile. This documentary film follows, Emanuel Blanco, a barber and father of three, whose family is forced to live in a slum due to a lack of affordable housing. The film focuses on housing developments and the importance of affordable housing in developing a healthy and happy working class society. The Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs and Julien Bryan presented this film, which was the eight in a series of films on Latin America.
South Chile (1945, 20 min.)
This beautiful film features the magic and mystique of The Andes, Patagonia and the mountainous lake district of southern Chile. Documenting Chile's rich cultural history this film focuses on the agricultural and sheep industry which is vital to Southern Chilean life. The film also appears to have an obsession with the idea that there is so much uncultivated and unexplored land in Patagonia, seemingly drooling over the possible tourist opportunities. This film was produced by the Office Of The Coordinator Of Inter-American Affairs directed by Julien Bryan.
Fundo in Chile (1949, 20 min.)
This is a story about the fertile central valley of Chile. It is a tale of contrasts, of the old life and of the new." This film documents fundo, or plantation farm culture in Chile, where most land is owned by a small wealthy minority, while being worked by the poor minority. The film follows two sons, whom recently inherited pieces a fundo from their father. One son chooses to take an active role in farming and developing his land and largely increases yields. The second son stays with conventional practice of letting the laborers do all the work. This propaganda film lobbies for a move to smaller farms and more owners to improve the lives of the workers and the production of Chilean farms. This film was produced by the Office Of The Coordinator Of Inter-American Affairs.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Chile. Short Films. |
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| Title: | Isabel Allende : entrevista. |
| Director: | Frank Janney |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (60 min.) ; sd., col. ; 3/4 in. |
| Imprint: | Hanover, NH : Ediciones del Norte, c1986. |
| Language: | Spanish .
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| Notes: | Productor ejecutivo, Frank Janney ; entrevista, Magdalena Garcia Pinto ; producido por Bridge St. Productions, Boston, MA.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Chile. Literature. Allende, Isabel. Authors, Interviews. |
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| Title: | Der Letzte Tag des Salvador Allende / Allende and the Last Day |
| Director: | Michael Trabitzsch |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (ca. 80 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. (DVD, Region 0) |
| Imprint: | Germany: good!movies (Piffl). Indigo. 2004 |
| Language: | Gernan with optional Spanish subtitles.
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| Notes: | Director: Michael Trabitzsch. screenplay by: Michael Trabitzsch, Sven Olsson. Participants: Isabel Allende, Carlos Jorquera, Juan Osses, Osvaldo Puccio, Juan Seoane, Faride Zerán.
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| Plot: | “El pueblo, unido, jamás será vencido!” (The people, united, will never be defeated!) Thousands of people shouting this slogan of the Unidad Popular, the socialist party of Salvador Allende, starts off this documentary. The director, Michael Trabitzsch, has concentrated on the last days of Allende, the first democratically-elected socialist president of Chile. Trabaitzsch researched the theme thoroughly and has used archival material and the personal testimony of survivors who accompanied Allende during his last days. The events that occurred on Sep. 11 (meaningful coincidence?), 1973, are vividly portrayed using real footage of the actual bombing of La Moneda, the Presidential palace. It also presents the personal account of people who knew Allende and accompanied him during his last stand at La Moneda. After the bombing the building was in flames, and he convinced his people to surrender and leave the site, himself being the last. Yet, instead of leaving as the others did, he retreated to the inner sanctum and said, “Salvador Allende will never surrender” and proceeded to blow his head off with his Kalashnikov.
Although there is wonderful footage – such as Allende’s speech to the United Nations where he received a standing ovation from the developing nations as the representatives from the developed nations stayed seated, and his last radio speech delivered to the people – the movie was lacking in its overall presentation. There were cuts from actual footage of spoken interviews that did not quite fit to scenes that left one wondering “what was that?” The subject had much more to offer. The film tells the story of the hope of the people and the great treason that occurred in Chile when General Pinochet, who days before had sworn loyalty to the President, staged a military coup heavily backed by the U.S. government of Nixon. Many people lost their lives in the bloody aftermath and during the initial years of Pinochet‘s dictatorship.
It is fascinating to find out what a man of courage, in both character and endurance, Allende was, and how much public support he had amongst the people. There was the hope of freedom from oppression, and the seduction of freedom is very powerful. In the end, however, the cause was lost. Allende died defending his beliefs and deeply rooted convictions. This period in Chile’s history is described as a Greek tragedy where each one played their part, although unwillingly. History repeats itself. Behind every drama there is a traitor – in this case, Pinochet. Even Allende knew beforehand that there would be a military coup, but there was nothing he could do to change the course of history. Nevertheless, As long as there is history, there will be Allende.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Chile. Coup d'état, 1973. Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto. Allende Gossens, Salvador, 1908-1973 |
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| Title: | Patio 29 historias de silencio: un documental / Patio 29 : stories of silence : a documentary |
| Director: | Esteban Larraín |
| Format: | New York, N.Y. : Latin American Video Archives, 1998. |
| Imprint: | 1 videocassette (84 min.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. |
| Language: | Spanish with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | By Esteban Larraín ; Fondo de Desarrollo de las Artes y la Cultura ; Ministereo de Educación ; Fundación Ford. Director producer, Esteban Larraín ; photography, Rodrigo Núñez ; editor, Francisco Olejnik Alday.
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| Plot: | "In Chile, in the weeks that followed the September 11, 1973 coup d'etat, the military government began a massive operation to exterminate dissidents. Community leaders, leftist militants, and even citizens without political links were arrested, tortured, and executed. During the spring nights of 1973, military trucks drove through Santiago picking up hundreds of dead bodies, to bury them in unmarked graves in a desolate area known as Patio 29 in Santiago's General Cemetery. This film documents the horrific events through interviews with victims' relatives, witnesses to the executions, gravediggers, lawyers, and anthropologists who exhumed and identified the remains 20 years later"--Container.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Chile. Politics and government -- 1973-1988. Political persecution. Civil rights.
Torture. Victims of state-sponsored terrorism. Disappeared persons. Coup d'état, 1973. |
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| Title: | The Pinochet case |
| Director: | Patricio Guzmán |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (60 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1) |
| Imprint: | Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2003 |
| Language: | English and Spanish with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | Les Films d'ici and Pathé Télévision in co-production with Renn Productions, et al. ; screenplay and direction Patricio Guzmán ; a film produced by Yves Jeanneau ; translation, Sally Station. Editor, Claudio Martínez ; photography and camera, Jacques Bouquin ; advisors, Renate Sachse, Ernesto Ekaizer ; editing collaboration, Suzana Rossberg. Narration, Michael Morris.
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| Plot: | Investigates the legal case against Augusto Pinochet for crimes against humanity.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Chile. Spain. Politics and government:1973-1988. Augusto Pinochet. Trials, litigation, etc. Trials (Political crimes and offenses). Extradition. Torture. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Que hacer |
| Director: | Saul Landau and Nina Serrano |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (90 min.) ; sd., col.1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | New York, N.Y. : The Cinema Guild, 1971 |
| Language: | Spanish with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | Directors, Saul Landau, Nina Serrano ; producer, James Becket.
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| Plot: | Filmed during the historic 1970 elections in Chile, blends documentary footage of the Salvador Allende political campaign-including vicious street battles, mass rallies and screaming crowds-with a fictional story of political intrigue. The story involves a young woman Peace Corps worker who becomes involved with a mysterious American 'businessman' who is secretly involved in trying to thwart the election of Chile's first Marxist President. The film also features songs by popular Sixties singer Country Joe McDonald, who alternates between roles as a Brechtian chorus and the filmmaker's deus ex machina.
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| Subjects: | Feature Films. Documentary Films. Chile. Coup d'tat, 1973. Allende Gossens, Salvador, 1908-1973. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Retazos de vida / Scraps of life |
| Director: | Gayla Jamison |
| Format: | Format: 1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.. VHS. |
| Imprint: | Imprint: United States: Lightfoot Films, Inc., c1991. |
| Language: | Language: Narration in English; dialogue in Spanish with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | [presented by] Filmakers. Library, Inc. ; produced, directed and written by Gayla Jamison. Based on the book by Marjorie Agosin. Cinematographer, Jaime Reyes ; editor, Alvaro Ramirez ; narrator, Beatriz Gonzalez ; original music, Sergio Tilo Gonzalez. Blue Ribbon, American Film & Video Festival, 1992.
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| Plot: | This video presents stories from the mothers, sisters and wives of persons. detained-dissappeared in Chile under President Pinochet. They sew murals out of scraps of fabrics (arpilleras) that record Chile-s bloody history
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Chile. Political violence, 1973-1983. Disappeared persons. Political persecution. Augusto Pinochet. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Victor Jara : el derecho de vivir en paz / Victor Jara: The right to live in peace |
| Director: | Carmen Luz Parot. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (60 min.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | Santiago, Chile : Fundación Víctor Jara : Warner Music Chile ; New York, NY : Distributed by Latin American Video Archives, c2001. |
| Language: | Spanish with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | Fundación Víctor Jara ; Warner Music Chile ; direction & production, Carmen Luz Parot.
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| Plot: | "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 cancion' movement, a revival of traditional Latin American music. In death, he became an inspiration throughout the world for the reestablishment of democracy in Chile. The film traces Jara's life from his rural childhood to his final moments in the National Stadium in Santiago. Includes interviews with contemporaries and newly-discovered television footage of his live performances. Also included is an interview with his widow, Joan, who has worked ceaselessly to keep his artistic work alive"--Container.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Chile. Jara, Víctor, 1938-1973. Composers. Biography.
Victims of state-sponsored terrorism. Coup d'état, 1973. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Salvador Allende |
| Director: | Patricio Guzman |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (ca 100 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD ; (Region 2, PAL) Dolby Digital. |
| Imprint: | Paris : Editions Montparnasse et JBA Edition : Distribué MGM Home Entertainment (France) S.A.S., c2005. |
| Language: | Spanish with French subtitles
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| Notes: | Originally produced as a documentary film in 2004. JBA Production presenta en coproducción con Les Films de la Passerelle (Bélgica)...[et al.] ; un filme de Patricio Guzmán ; producido por Jacques Bidou ; guión y dirección Patricio Guzmán. Editor, Claudio Martinez ; music Jorge Arriagada. Special features: documentary "Chili, la mémoire obstinée" by Patricio Guzman; photo album by P.G. Campos.
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| Plot: | "Je me souviens du 11 septembre 1973, jour sombre où l'Amérique fomenta un coup d'état pour abattre la révolution pacifique et démocratique qui se construisait dans mon lointain pays, le Chili, éliminant son Président de la République, Salvador Allende, ce "fils de p.." comme se plaisait à le dire Richard Nixon. Je n'oublierai jamais la brutalité de la dictature alors mise en place pour plus de 17 années, années de souffrance, de mort, d'exil et d'écrasement de la mémoire. Il est temps de se souvenir de Salvador Allende, cet homme atypique, révolutionnaire et fanatique de démocratie jusqu'au suicide, pour des raisons historiques certes, mais aussi pour sa cruelle actualité."--Boîtier.
"I remember September 11, 1973, somber day on which America instigated a coup d'etat to knock down the peace-loving and democratic revolution which had been built in my faraway country Chile by eliminating its President of the Republic, Salvador Allende, that "son-of-a-bitch" as Richard Nixon liked to refer to him. The urge to return to this atypical man, revolutionary and fanatic of democracy to the point of suicide, came over me for obvious historical reasons, but also its cruel actuality."--Container.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Chile. Coup d'état, 1973. Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto. Allende Gossens, Salvador, 1908-1973 |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Viola Chilensis |
| Director: | Luis R. Vera |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (85 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (NTSC, Region All) |
| Imprint: | Chile : Luis R. Vera Producciones, 2003 |
| Language: | In Spanish and French with Spanish subtiles, optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles.
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| Notes: | Originally produced as a documentary film in 2003. Guión, dirección y producción, Luis R. Vera. Performer Violeta Parra. Music, Tita Parra ; editing, Mario Solís, Luis R. Vera; cinematography, Raquel Baeza Martínez. Includes synopsis (Spanish only) and director's biography (Spanish and English).
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| Plot: | Documentary on Chilean folk musician Violeta Parra.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Chile. Women folk musicians. Biography. Parra, Violeta, 1917-1967. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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