On the day that the ex-dictator of Argentina, Jorge Rafael Videla, died in prison at the age of 87, I went to see The Official Story at the University Católica in the Chilean capital, Santiago. The Argentine film... Read Article
The City of Photographers (La Ciudad de los Fotógrafos, 2006), produced by Las Peliculas del Pez (with support of the Chilean government) and directed by Sebastian Moreno, is a photographic indictment of the Pinochet dictatorship brilliantly captured by... Read Article
Cristián Jiménez’ Bonsai (review here) has already generated a lot of hype and positive reviews for the way it, quite cleverly, tries to squeeze a literary peg into a cinema-shaped hole. With any adaptation between different media, it... Read Article
“Fiction can take the shape of a lie, but also a narration, a forgery, a personal ritual or a pot containing and shaping a plant.” So says director Christian Jimenez about his cinematic adaption of Alejandro Zambra’s short... Read Article
During the early 60’s, the Nueva Canción movement (‘New Song’) was born on Chilean soil. With singer-songwriters paving the way with their socio-politically-fuelled folk tunes, it was a revolutionary spirit that was deeply embedded in the Latin American... Read Article
As I write this I’m sitting in a Sao Paulo airport waiting for my flight connection heading home from my time in Santiago. I’ve slept two hours of the last 24. I smell strongly of perfume, after the... Read Article
I once heard a Sociologist at UC Berkeley say that the left is always the right way. Latin America seems to be taking this seriously. The tendency to go left has become obvious in the choices the Latin... Read Article
With the current issues in Chile, for the Mapuche people this is a timely documentary, and was clearly made before the unrest between the government and Mapuche really “kicked off” recently. The hunger strikes, in retaliation to the... Read Article
On September 18th Chile celebrated 200 years of independence from Spain, featuring fiestas, cultural events, and redevelopment. Sounds and Colours takes a look at the activities celebrating the anniversary and see how the west was won. For these... Read Article
