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Directed by Patricio Guzmán
Chile/Cuba/France, 1978, DCP, black & white, 79 min
Spanish with English subtitles
DCP source: Icarus Films
Completed a couple of years after the first and second parts, The Power of the People offers an important coda to Guzmán’s epic documentary by turning away from the forces who opposed Allende and instead examining the loose coalition of workers and citizens who attempted to save Allende’s visionary politics. A stirring testimony to the grassroots power of Allende’s movement and its singular appeal to the working class, the third section offers a fleeting, poignant glimpse into the Socialist dream that was cruelly shattered by the Pinochet dictatorship.
This screening is part of Chile Año Cero / Chile Year Zero
Special thanks: Haden Guest, Director, Harvard Film Archive
Presented in collaboration with Harvard Film Archive