José Cifuente’s revolutionary days during the government of Salvador Allende, and what happened after the 1973 Coup d’Etat, are delicately documented in Revolutionary Dreams, a new film by Dan Philips and Malcolm Boorer. Based on Cifuente’s original book:... Read Article
Mo Scarpelli’s documentary El Father Plays Himself (2020) is a compelling look at the making of a film set in Venezuela in which the director Jorge Thielen Armand has cast his non-actor father to play the lead role.... Read Article
The documentary Santiago Rising (2021, dir. Nick MacWilliam) looks at recent protests in Santiago de Chile and the government response that sent shockwaves across the world. What started as a student demonstration against a hike in metro fares... Read Article
Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra, directors of The Infiltrators (2019), spoke about their bold hybrid documentary and why it brings undocumented migrants into the spotlight. Available to stream at pov.org (PBS) throughout October, The Infiltrators tells the story... Read Article
