Chile’s Student Uprising (Documentary)
Watch this documentary on the student protest movement in Chile in 2011 (Director Roberto Navarrete, 35 mins, Alborada Films, 2014).
Mass student protests took place in Chile between 2011 and 2013 demanding a free and state-funded education system and radical change in society. The documentary puts these protests in their historical context of widespread dissatisfaction with the economic model put in place under the Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990), but that still remains largely in place.
The film’s director travelled to Chile between 2011 and 2013 to speak to then student leaders (now Members of Congress) such as Camila Vallejo and Giorgio Jackson, and also to other students, to explore why their protests had caused such effect in Chile and inspired others in the country and beyond.
“Roberto Navarrete’s is the most complete and compelling visual account of Chile’s student uprising to date. All the lessons from Patricio Guzmán’s path-breaking style of documenting in film are there: poetic visuals, an engaged narrative, the focus on personal feelings and stories combined with subtle and accessible analysis, plus a sense of the tragic tempered by the optimism of the will. Navarrete adds to it the passion and distance of the exile’s gaze, and a Latin American Beckettian flare for celebration while thinking. This is a must see for all those interested in the current sway of global rebellions that show us all the shape of things to come. Superb!”
Dr Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, Professor in Law, Birbeck, University of London and author of ‘Story of a Death Foretold: The Coup Against Salvador Allende, September 11th, 1973’
Chile’s Student Uprising (Documentary)
Watch this documentary on the student protest movement in Chile in 2011 (Director Roberto Navarrete, 35 mins, Alborada Films, 2014).
Mass student protests took place in Chile between 2011 and 2013 demanding a free and state-funded education system and radical change in society. The documentary puts these protests in their historical context of widespread dissatisfaction with the economic model put in place under the Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990), but that still remains largely in place.
The film’s director travelled to Chile between 2011 and 2013 to speak to then student leaders (now Members of Congress) such as Camila Vallejo and Giorgio Jackson, and also to other students, to explore why their protests had caused such effect in Chile and inspired others in the country and beyond.
“Roberto Navarrete’s is the most complete and compelling visual account of Chile’s student uprising to date. All the lessons from Patricio Guzmán’s path-breaking style of documenting in film are there: poetic visuals, an engaged narrative, the focus on personal feelings and stories combined with subtle and accessible analysis, plus a sense of the tragic tempered by the optimism of the will. Navarrete adds to it the passion and distance of the exile’s gaze, and a Latin American Beckettian flare for celebration while thinking. This is a must see for all those interested in the current sway of global rebellions that show us all the shape of things to come. Superb!”
Dr Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, Professor in Law, Birbeck, University of London and author of ‘Story of a Death Foretold: The Coup Against Salvador Allende, September 11th, 1973’
Diego Maradona (Documentary Trailer)
(Director: Asif Kapadia, 130 mins, 2019)
Inside the Revolution: A Journey into the Heart of Venezuela (Documentary)
(Director Pablo Navarrete, 65mins, Alborada Films, 2009)
Read an interview with the director about the documentary here.
The War on Democracy (Documentary)
(Director: John Pilger, 94 mins, 2007)
Read an interview with John Pilger about the documentary by Alborada’s Pablo Navarrete, here.
Seven Short Films about Cuba: Watch Online
In a new series, Alborada curates a selection of socially-conscious and radical short films focused on a specific Latin American country, all of which are freely available and can be watched here.
This new series focuses on short films from different Latin American countries to present a broad picture of the people, movements and struggles, past and present, that define each one. This article focuses on Cuba.
1) Si No Se Puede Bailar, Esta No Es Mi Revolución (Lillah Halla)
Cubans film themselves in their own homes dancing to the song that most encapsulates that moment of their lives. In the absence of audio, the songs play in the dancers’ minds. An intimate and revealing short film that benefits from its ‘Do It Yourself’ motif that anyone can follow.
2) El Abuelo de Macondo (Hugo Prado Villegas, Maíra Silva Conde and Vladimir Castillo)
The Grandfather of Macondo is almost 105 years old and still struts around town puffing on a cigar and telling stories. Much has happened in Cuba during his lifetime and he sees much more ahead.
3) Noval: Photographer of the Revolution (Orrin Luc)
Liborio Noval is a Cuban photographer