Battle of Chile, The (3 Parts)

Synopsis: A portrait of the passions of a people divided and a nation on the brink of civil war. Patricio Guzman shot the whole of his three-part film with a team of six people constantly on the spot with as many cameras and sound recorders before the Junta’s coup.
Language: English
Country: Cuba
Medium: Video; Film. 16mm. sd. b&w/col. 106, 99, 82 min.
Year of production: 1973-6
Availability: OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
Subjects: History; Politics & government
Keywords: Chile; democracy; socialism; military coups; Allende, Salvador; Pinochet, Augusto

Title: Insurrection of the bourgeoisie, The
Synopsis: 1: The period between February and June 1973 and deals with the insurrectional plan to overthrow the Allende government.
Title: Coup, The
Synopsis: 2: The period from July 1973 to the coup in September 1973, and shows the capacity for work, optimism and sacrifice on the part of the people on the eve of revolution.
Title: Power of the people, The
Synopsis: 3: The creation in Chile, in the period preceding the military coup of 11 September 1973, by ordinary workers and peasants, of thousands of organisms of 'popular power' to distribute food, occupy, guard and run factories and farms.

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