The battle of Chile
On September 11, 1973, President Salvador Allende's democratically elected Chilean government was overthrown in a bloody coup by General Augusto Pinochet's army. Patricio Guzmán and five colleagues had been filming the political developments in Chile throughout the nine months leading up to that day. The bombing of the Presidential Palace, in which Allende died, would now become the ending for Guzmán's seminal documentary The Battle of Chile (1975-76), an epic chronicle of that country's open and peaceful socialist revolution, and of the violent counter-revolution against it. This four part series includes interviews with survivors and Patricio Guzman
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Seasons & Episodes
1. The insurrection of the Bourgeoisie
The beginning of the popular people’s uprising to the political and way of life in Chile
2. The Coup D’ etat
The military takeover begins.
3. The power of the people
The people of Chile react to the coup, will other countries condemn it, only time will tell.
4. Chile, Obstinate Memory
Three decades after the coup, people face history and look forward to the future.