Latin American & Iberian Collections:

Videos from and about Chile

(Our videos ARE NOT FOR SALE, some may be available for purchase at the Las Americas Film Network)

1. Actas de Marusia un film, Gian Maria Volontè et al., 1 videocassette (90 min.), Wilmington? Calif., 1985.
   Notes: Performer Note: Gian Maria Volonte, Diana Bracho, Claudio Obregon, Eduardo Lopez Rojas, Patricia Reyes Spindola, Jose Carlos Ruiz
   Added Title: Letters from Marusia.
   Abstract: "The chronicle of the repression exercised by an English Company over a small Chilean town whose inhabitants are determined to win the minimal human rights due to them as workers and citizens."--External container.

2. Arrieros del Cajón del Maipo, Peter Chaskel.
   Notes: Awaiting cataloging.

3. La Batalla de Chile : la lucha de un Pueblo sin armas, Patricio Guzmán et al., 3 videocassettes (263 min.), Madrid, 1993.
   Notes: Performer Note: Abilio Fernandez
   Contents: pt. 1 La insurrección de la burguesia (1:36) — pt. 2. El golpe de estado (1:28) — pt. 3. El poder popular (1:19)
   Added Title: Battle of Chile.
   Abstract: Documentary on the fate of Allende's Popular Unity government filmed throughout Chile from February to September 1973. Shows the campaign strategies of the two groups fighting for control of Congress and reactions of voters before and after the election. Also shows effects on society after the election--strikes, riots, etc.

4. Cantata de Chile, Humberto Solás et al., 1 videocassette (115 min.), Cuba?, 1994?
   Notes: Performer Note: Nelson Villagra, Shenda Román, Eric Heresmann, Alfredo Tornquist, Roberto Contreras, Leonardo Perucci, Alejandro Pérez, Peggy Cordero, Pedro Chaskel, Flavia Ugalde.
   Abstract: A presentation through an interweaving of music, pageantry and drama, of the struggle and martyrdom of the Chilean workers.

5. Canto a la vida = A song of life, Lucia Briones Salinas et al., 1 videocassette (48 min.), New York, N.Y, 1990.
   Abstract: Personal narratives by Hortensia B. de Allende, Isabel Allende, Juanita Farias, Francisca Fernandez, and other Chilean women on what it meant to them to live in exile during the Pinochet regime. They also express their thoughts on returning to Chile when democracy was restored.

6. Che hoy y siempre, Ernesto Guevara, Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica, and Pedro Chaskel, 1 videocassette (11 min.), Santiago, Chile, 1999?
   Abstract: Film clips of Che Guevara set to music and to a recording of his speech on the 2nd anniversary of the Unión de Jóvenes Comunista, on Oct. 20, 1962.

7. Chile, Obstinate Memory, Patricio Guzmán et al., 1 videocassette (58 min.), New York, NY, 1997.
   Abstract: 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.

8. Cien niños esperando un tren, Ignacio Agüero et al., 1 videocassette (57 min.), New York, 1988.
   Notes: Event Note: Filmed in Santiago, Chile, between May and October, 1987
   Added Title: One hundred children waiting for a train.
   Abstract: In Chile, a group of elementary students learn about film making and film history.

9. Constructor cada dia, compañero, Ernesto Guevara, Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica, and Pedro Chaskel, 1 videocassette (23 min.), Santiago, Chile, 1999?
   Abstract: Cuban workers discuss Che Guevara, with documentary filmclips of speeches.

10. Dance of Hope, Deborah Shaffer et al., 1 videocassette (75 min.), New York, NY, 1991.
    Abstract: Interviews the women and children of Chilean political prisoners. Discusses the problems of attaining justice for the abduction, torture and death of the prisoners.

11. Dateline — 1973, Chile, ABC News et al., 1 videocassette (23 min.), Northbrook, Ill, 1989.
    Notes: Performer Note: Hugh Morgan
    Added Title: Dateline Chile.
    Abstract: Describes election to power of Salvador Allende on a socialist platform; the nationalisation of U.S. owned copper and telephone industries (Anaconda and ITT); Castro's visits in 1971 and 1972; Nixon's opposition to the perceived rise of Marxism in Latin America; the suspension of loans to Chile; the loss of popular Chilean support; the arrest, by the Chilean Army, of Allende supporters; the death of Allende and an estimated 30,000 of his followers; the funeral cortege of Pablo Neruda; and the rise of the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

12. El Rey de patagonia, Stephàne Kurc et al., 1 videocassette (118 min.), Uruguay, 1919.
    Notes: Performer Note: Omar Sharif, Carla Gravina, Frederic van den Driesseche.
    Abstract: Antoine de Tounens, also known as Orélie-Antoine (or Orllie-Antoine), a young French solicitor from Périgaux, embarked on an adventure in Patagonia in 1857. He saw a chance to fulfil his destiny by proclaiming himself king of Patagonia-Araucania, composing a constitution, and asserting independence from Chile. With the aid of Kipeyan, his native Minister of War, he found support in the Patagonian natives, who had suffered under successive invaders — the Incas in the 15th century, the Spaniards in the 16th-17th century, and then the Chileans. He exploited a legend which prophecied that a white man would join them in fighting off his brother invaders. When Chile moved against him and his subjects, he promised help from France — help which never materialized. Soon the Kingdom of Patagonia-Auracania collapsed, and with it, King Orélie-Antoine I.

13. El Willy y la Myriam, David Benavente et al., 1 videocassette (22 min.), New York, N.Y, 1984.
    Notes: Added Title: Willy and Miriam.
    Abstract: A portrait, illustrating the social conditions among the urban poor in Latin America, of a young couple with two children living in Santiago, Chile. Poverty and frequent unemployment are among the conditions that eventually bring about the breakup of their family.

14. The Evolution of Chile : Prosperity for Some, Michael W Doyle et al., 1 videocassette (29 min.), Princeton, NJ, 1998.
    Notes: Performer Note: Narrator, Gus Gnorski.

15. Franja de Propaganda Electoral en el Plebiscito, Televisión Nacional de Chile, 2 videocassette (120 min. each), S.l, 1988.
    Notes: Event Note: Broadcast Sept. 4, Sept. 14, Sept. 15, and Oct. 5, 1988.
    Abstract: Actual national television broadcasts of the official pro and contra, month long campaigns for the plebiscite of 5 October 1988, broadcast on TVN Chile.

16. Imagenes de un 1o de Mayo, Pedro Chaskel, 1 videocassette (5 min.), Santiago, Chile, 1999?
    Abstract: Camera records the Chilean police and military harrassing protestors and citizens during the May 1, 1986 demonstrations in Santiago.

17. Imágines de un 1 de mayo, Peter Chaskel.
    Notes: Awaiting cataloging.

18. In Women's Hands, Raul Julia et al., 1993.
    Notes: Title on container: In women's hands: the changing roles of women.
    Abstract: In English and Spanish, with English subtitles and voiceovers
    Closed captioned for the hearing impaired
    Credits: Executive producer, Judith Vecchione
    written, produced and directed by Rachel Field, Juan Mendelbaum
    Performers: Raul Julia, narrator
    A series of programs looking at contemporary Latin America. This program focuses on the women of Chile and how political and social changes since the 1970's has changed the traditional role of women. Women have become a new force, changing families, their communities and their country.

19. Isabel Allende : The Woman's Voice in Latin-American Literature, Isabel Allende et al., 1 videocassette (56 min.), Princeton, NJ, 1994.
    Notes: Performer Note: Host, Bettina Gray
    Event Note: Recorded on location at the Sherman House.
    Abstract: Interview with writer Isabel Allende, niece of Salvador Allende.

20. Los arrieros del Cajón del Maipo, Universidad Católica de Chile Televisión, Pedro Chaskel, and Francisco Gedda, 1 videocassette (56 min.), Chile, 1999?
    Abstract: Presents the lives of ranchers living and working in the Cajon del Maipo in the mountains of Chile near Santiago.

21. Los ojos como mi Papa, Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica and Pedro Chaskel, 1 videocassette (37 min.), Santiago, Chile, 1999?
    Abstract: Cuban children tell about their lives and about what interests them.

22. Mama era punk, Marisol Santelices et al., 1 videocassette (? min.), Montevideo Uruguay, 199-.
    Abstract: Documentary film about the dictatorship in Chile and the sociological aspects of the rebellion of Chilean youth. The rebellion is destructive as it expresses itself in drug abuse and crime and constructive as it leads to political action and protests against the regime.

23. Memoirs of an Everyday War, Gaston Ancelovici et al., 1 videocassette (30 min.), New York, NY, 1986.
    Abstract: A shorter version of the film "Recits d'une guerre quotidienne," co-produced by Les Amis de la Cinematheque Chilienne and the National Film Board of Canada. Produced in collaboration with the Chilean Commission on Human Rights. English and Spanish with English subtitles.

24. Missing, Costa Gavras et al., 1 videocassette (122 min.), Universal City, Calif, 1984.
    Notes: Performer Note: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron and John Shea.
    Abstract: Based on an actual event, the story involves the search by a wife and father for a young American writer and filmmaker who has disappeared during a South American military coup.

25. Pirquineros de Andacollo, Universidad Católica de Chile Televisión, Pedro Chaskel, and Francisco Gedda, 1 videocassette (58 min.), Santiago, Chile, 1999?
    Abstract: Presents the lives and work of gold miners in Andacollo, Chile.

26. Por la vida, Pedro Chaskel, 1 videocassette (28 min.), Santiago, Chile, 1999?
    Abstract: Interviews with some of the people protesting torture in Chile, with film of the public demonstrations.

27. Que es-- ?, Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica and Pedro Chaskel, 1 videocassette (9 min.), Santiago, Chile, 1999?
    Notes: Event Note: Filmed in Havana between May 2 and May 13, 1980.
    Abstract: Interviewer talks to average people in the streets in Cuba, including many children.

28. Rear Window, Bandung Limited and Channel Four (Great Britain), 1 videocassette (39 min.), S.l., 1990.
    Abstract: Examines popular cultural activities in Chile which were encouraged under the Allende regime and repressed during the Pinochet years. Includes musicians, mural painters, and women who make picture quilts about the political violence in their society and about the disappearances of their relatives.

29. Retornando a Chile, Estela Bravo, Producción Latina, and Cinema Guild, 1 videocassette (28 min.), New York, N.Y, 1988?
    Notes: Added Title: Returning to Chile.
    Abstract: Investigates the problems of identity and adjustments of youngsters who have recently returned to Chile after many years in exile with their parents. The children discuss their memories of the 1973 coup and their reactions to the widespread poverty and political repression in Chile today.

30. Solidaridad : Faith, Hope and Haven, Edgardo Reyes et al., 1 videocassette (57 min.), New York, N.Y., 1989.
    Notes: Performer Note: Dancers, Ma. Teresa Palma, Ximena Rivas
    Performer Note: Gillian Brown
    Added Title: Faith, hope and haven.
    Abstract: Explores the history and work of Vicaría de la Solidaridad, a Catholic organization in Santiago, Chile, that provides medical aid, legal services, and spiritual and social support to victims of human rights abuses and their families. Documents the many human rights abuses under the reign of Pres. Augusto Pinochet.

31. Somos+, ANTU Producciones, First Run/Icarus Films, and Icarus Films, 1 videocassette (ca. 15 min.), S.l., New York City, New York, 1985.
    Notes: Added Titles : Somos más ; Somos+ (We are more) ; Somos ; We are more.
    Abstract: Footage of a demonstration organized by Mujeres por la Vida (Women for Life) in Santiago, Chile, Oct. 30, 1985 in demand of democracy and freedom. Shows how police reacted to the demonstration. "Somos más" ("we are more") was the demonstrators' rallying cry.

32. Threads of Hope, Donald Sutherland et al., 1 videocassette (50 min.), Princeton, NJ.
    Notes: Performer Note: Narrated by Donald Sutherland.
    Abstract: "'Threads of hope' is the powerful story of a group of Chilean women who banded together in silent protest and dared to defy a dictatorship. They are the sisters, mothers and wives of Pinochet's 'disappeared' and, armed with scraps of cloth, sewing needles and the overwhelming desire to find their loved ones, they set to work telling their stories by creating arpilleras: colourful handmade tapestries that chronicled the horror and injustice of Chile's reign of terror" — Container label.

33. Tradiciones de Semana Santa, Universidad Católica de Chile Televisión, Pedro Chaskel, and Francisco Gedda, 1 videocassette (57 min.), Santiago, Chile, 1999?
    Abstract: Video explores Holy Week traditions and celebrations in several areas of Chile.

34. Venceremos, Universidad de Chile, Cine Experimental, and Pedro Chaskel, 1 videocassette (16 min.), Santiago, Chile, 1999?
    Abstract: Film contrasts the rich and poor in Chile leading up to the election of Allende, showing images accompanied by songs.

35. Viva Huasquiña, Universidad Católica de Chile Televisión, Pedro Chaskel, and Francisco Gedda, 1 videocassette (53 min.), Santiago, Chile, 1999?
    Abstract: Presents the lives of residents of Huasquiña, a tiny isolated village in Chile.