Augusto Pinochet

Primera (2022)

On October 18 2019, a student uprising was triggered in Santiago over the Chilean government's increase in metro fare. As the country awakens to the unrelenting abuse of power enacted by a neoliberalist government, and a mistrust in the political class int ...

O Grande Irmão: O Dia que Durou 21 Anos 2 (2022)

With confidential and unpublished documentation, the film shows the background and behind-the-scenes of the coup in Chile that took place on September 11, 1973 - and General Pinochet's dictatorship, which lasted 17 years. ...

Kill Pinochet (2020)

Chile, September 1986. Tamara, commander of the communist guerrilla group Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front, and her comrades-in-arms set out to overthrow the military regime installed in 1973 by assassinating the dictator Augusto Pinochet. ...

Influence (2020)

Charting the recent advancements in weaponized communication by investigating the rise and fall of the world's most notorious public relations and reputation management firm: the British multinational Bell Pottinger. ...

ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium (2019)

For years, the murder of Chilean protest singer Victor Jara was blamed on an official in Pinochet's army. Now in exile, he tries to exonerate himself. ...

Santiago, Italia (2018)

After the coup d'État of the Democratic government of Allende, the embassy of Italy in Santiago played a major role in helping the opposers of the regime, and extradited many of them to Italy. ...

Chicago Boys (2015)

The economists behind the implementation of the most extreme capitalist system in the world observe with surprise the discontent of its countrymen. For the first time, they tell the story of how they became Milton Friedman's students in Chicago in the 1950 ...

Habeas Corpus (2015)

After the coup d'état in 1973, employees at the Vicariate for Solidarity began the risky road to save the lives of the prosecuted and find the fate of the detained. With time, they understood there was a politics of extermination in place against the diss ...

De vida y de muerte, testimonios de la Operación Cóndor (2015)

Documentary that explores the "Archives of Horror" of the General Alfredo Stroessner's dictatorship, discovered in Paraguay in 1992 and in the documentation of Operation Condor found there, which reveals who was responsible, their goals, strategies, accom ...

Laissez-faire (2015)

A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so profoundly influences the choices of our governments and our lives. ...

No (2012)

In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote 'Yes' or 'No' to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the 'No ...

Pinochet (2012)

Documental about the Second Independence of Chile. ...

Owners of Portugal (2012)

Owners of Portugal is a documentary about one hundred years of economic power. The film portrays the State protection to families that dominated the country's economy, their strategies for power and wealth accumulation. Mello, Champalimaud, Espírito San ...

Santiago Files (2011)

President Salvador Allende's topple from Chile's unstable government and the CIA's involvement in the September Coup that would turn the South American socialist country into a dictatorship. ...

The Inconclusive Independence (2010)

Documentary about the independence and history of Latin America. ...

The Judge and the General (2008)

A Chilean judge uncovers long buried secrets of former dictator Augusto Pinochet and, in the process, must confront his own role in that dark past. ...

Operación Siglo XX (2006)

80s: El soundtrack de una generación (2006)

In Chile, during the mid 80s, a wave of young enthusiasts from different parts of the country decided to rebel against the regime and liberate themselves through rock. It was a new Chile, committed to fight for its ideals, and to have fun at any cost. ...

Pinochet and His Three Generals (2004)

In 1976-77, José Ma Berzosa contacted General Pinochet during a trip to Chilean Antarctica. On his return to Santiago, Pinochet agreed to be interviewed. In front of the camera, the General and three members of the junta speak about their memories and pol ...

Condor - les axes du mal (2003)

In 1973, Chile undergoes a coup d'etat. 30 years later, it appears that it was - alongside with all the coups in the southern cone - organised by the CIA in order to stop the possibility of having a communist block on its south. ...

The Pinochet Case (2001)

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 operati ...

Recuerdos del futuro: Raúl Pellegrín (1992)

People Power (1989)

An exploration of non-violence as the means to achieving social reforms, focusing on the downfall of Pinochet in Chile, the Palestinian Intifada, and Cory Aquino's "people power" revolution in the Philippines. ...

Chile: Hasta Cuando? (1986)

A portrait of a brutal Pinochet military dictatorship made during a three month visit to Chile in 1985 by David Bradbury. The footage reveals a country torn with civil strife and political unrest; military intimidation of the population; indiscriminate ar ...

Dulce Patria (1984)

Filmed during hard and decisive years of the democratic struggle against the regime of Augusto Pinochet, it is the first film in which a group of Chilean filmmakers, without anonymity try to give a global account of the Chilean situation of those days. The ...

Les pompiers de Santiago (1978)

A Grin Without a Cat (1977)

Chris Marker's A Grin Without a Cat is an epic political essay tracing the rise and decline of the global left from the 1960s to the 1970s. Through archival footage and commentary, the film examines revolutionary movements in France, Latin America, and bey ...

Chile: Order Work Obedience (1977)

Swiss television documentary on the first years of the dictatorship, filmed (in color) in 1977 by a team led by director André Gazut and journalist Claude Smadja. Strongly critical of authoritarianism and the failures of the economic model that was beginn ...

The Battle of Chile: Part II (1976)

Chronicles the events immediately surrounding the CIA- supported coup itself. ...

Geldsorgen (1975)

Short film about General Eduardo Cano, who after the military coup became director of the Chilean central bank in the Pinochet dictatorship. Cano withdraws money from the circulation, which were described by opposition parties with resistance piles. From t ...

The White Coup (1975)

At the parliamentary elections that the Unidad Popular won, there were activities to overthrow Salvador Allende. By a white, supposedly clean coup, the rightwing powers of Chile tried unsuccessfully to gain a two thirds majority in the national congress. M ...

Visita Presidencial (1975)

I Was, I Am, I Will Be (1974)

In the spring of 1974, a camera team from Studio H&S succeeded against the explicit orders of the Junta's Chancellery, entered into two large concentration camps in the north of the country - Chacabuco and Pisagua - leaving with filmed sequences and sound ...

Psalm 18 (1974)

A service is ordered by the Junta in praise of the Junta. The Cardinal, forced to utter Benedictions, resorts to words for all those who suffer and pray, that they may be freed and consoled. The profaners have to content themselves with psalm 18: "They cri ...

Contra la razón y por la fuerza (1974)

This Mexican documentary explores the meaning and aftermath of the brief Marxist interlude during which Salvador Allende governed Chile. It was the Mexican film crew's good fortune that the cameras they worked with bore the magical number "13," which ident ...

The War of the Mummies (1974)

The country is portrayed before and after the storm of the military to the government palace "La Moneda" when Salvador Allende is killed and the directors discover the implications of American companies that were involved in the political developments. ...

Inside Pinochet's Prisons (1974)

The horrifying story of what went on inside General Pinochet's secret prisons. ...