Patricio Guzmán

True story of the saga that was hoped to be the long-awaited justice brought to bear upon Augosto Pinochet, Chilean dictator from 1973 to 1990. In September 1998, Pinochet flew to London on a pleasure trip but experienced back pain and underwent an operation in the London Clinic. Upon waking, he was arrested by Scotland Yard. Could it be that this was to become the first Latin American dictator to answer for crimes while serving as Head of State?

A chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende. Part One - "The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie" opens in March 1973 with reporters asking people how they intend to vote in the coming congressional election. The election is taking place after Allende has been in office for over two years and has been trying to reorganize society along democratic socialist lines. (Wikipedia)

A chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende. Part Two - "The Coup d'état" begins with the right wing violence of the winter of 1973 (June is winter in the southern hemisphere) against the government. (Wikipedia)

Completed two years after _Batalla de Chile: La insurrección de la burguesía, La (1975)_ and _Batalla de Chile: El golpe de estado, La (1976)_, 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... (imdb)

From his childhood in Valparaiso to his death during the Pinochet military coup on September 11, 1973, the life and works of Chilean president Salvador Allende. (imdb)

After decades of fascist rule in Chile, Patricio Guzman returns to his country to screen his documentary, Battle of Chile, which until the time of the filming was banned by authorities. His audience, a new generation of Chileans who remember little of the revolution and ensuing coup reflect on their experience of watching the film after so many years of suppression. (imdb)

Chilean documentary filmmaker Patricio Guzman ("The Battle for Chile") shows he's still as strong a nonfiction alchemist as ever in his latest concoction, the often breathtaking "Nostalgia for the Light." Astronomy and pre-Columbian history are the unlikely angles the vet helmer uses to explore new nooks and crannies of the one recurring theme in his oeuvre: Chile's largely repressed past under the Pinochet regime. (Variety)

The ocean contains the history of all humanity and holds all the voices of the earth. Water, the longest border in Chile, holds the secret of two mysterious buttons which were found on its ocean floor. Chile, with its 2,670 miles of coastline and the largest archipelago in the world, presents a supernatural landscape. In it are volcanoes, mountains and glaciers, and the voices of the Patagonian Indigenous people, the first English sailors and also those of its political prisoners. (International Film Festival Berlin)

The documentary narrates the events that occurred during the first year of the Unidad Popular government, in chronological order. (Filmaffinity)

Begins with the filming of a short Super 8 action film by three young twelve year-olds in Buenos Aires in 1973. From then on it opens up into a wider, memory-based reconstruction, which begins in March 1999 when a pair of dwarves, Damian and Sonetchka, meet in the streets of Buenos Aires and fall in love. Mixing fiction and documentary, the film follows the relationship between various events, including the beginning of the military dictatorship in 1976. (bfi.org.uk)

Patricio Guzmán left Chile more than 40 years ago when the military dictatorship took over the democratically-elected government, but he never stopped thinking about a country, a culture, and a place on the map that he never forgot. After covering the North in Nostalgia for the Light and the South in The Pearl Button, his shots get up-close with what he calls "the vast revealing backbone of Chile's past and recent history. (Cannes Film Festival)

The role of the Chilean Catholic Church in the fight against Augusto Pinochet's dictatorial regime, giving great emphasis to the creation of the Vicariate of Solidarity and the protests against the violations of human rights. (imdb)

Protests that exploded onto the streets of Chile's capital of Santiago in 2019 as the population demanded more democracy and social equality around education, healthcare and job opportunities. (imdb)

Oscar Saa: Technician of the Stars features a chat with an observatory engineer. (dvdtalk.com)

María Teresa and the Brown Dwarf (12 minutes) looks at an interesting woman and her passion for astronomy, art and stone collecting. (dvdtalk.com)

José Maza: Sky Traveler (13 minutes) shares the beliefs of an astronomer and professor, mostly in regard to celestial events. (dvdtalk.com)

In this documentary, Patricio Guzmán returns, once again, to the most recent historical past of his country, and does so by analyzing the amnesia of his fellow citizens regarding the Pinochet coup d'état. Journalists, historians, lawyers, psychologists and even a commander who participated in the coup deal with this oblivion and its consequences. (imdb)

Astronomers From My Neighborhood (14 minutes) chronicles the amazing achievements of Guillermo Fernández, who built an observatory in his spare time. (imdb)