Documentary Cinema in Chile

Confronting History, Memory, Trauma

AvAntonio Traverso

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Del i serien World Cinema

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Beskrivning

Nearly three decades after the end of the dictatorship of General Pinochet, the documentary cinema of Chile has confronted with sophisticated and incisive approaches the memory of this nation’s historical catastrophe. More than any other medium amidst a diverse and active political memory culture, documentary films have exposed state-sponsored atrocities and their perpetrators, recovered survivors’ memories of loss, suffering, and resilience, and posed decisive questions that continue to unsettle the collective conscience of Chileans today. Documentary Cinema in Chile contributes an original focus to an established critical literature in English on screen culture’s responses to the aftermath of historical disaster, while also engaging with the rapidly expanding Spanish-language critical literature concerned with the legacy of dictatorship in Chile and other South American countries. Through an encompassing discussion of documentaries made during and after the 1973-1990 military regime, this book is an essential source for students, researchers, and general readers interested in the historical legacy of genocidal atrocity in post-conflict societies and the role of cinema, more precisely the documentary film, in processes of working through collective trauma and national reconciliation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-03-19
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:World Cinema
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781784535858

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Antonio Traverso studied philosophy in Chile in the 1980s and completed a PhD on the philosophy of vision at Murdoch University, Australia, in 2003. He is Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies at Curtin University, Australia, and his publications include: (as editor) Southern Screens: Cinema, Culture and the Global South (2016) and (as co-editor) El Documental Político en Argentina, Chile y Uruguay (2015), Political Documentary Cinema in Latin America (2014), and Interrogating Trauma: Collective Suffering in Global Arts and Media (2011).

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements PrefaceIntroductionPART I CONCEPTS, HISTORIES, APPROACHESChapter 1Historical trauma, political memory culture and documentary film in ChileChapter 2(Trans)national Chilean cinema: activist, memory and conceptual documentaryPART II THEMES, IMAGES, SUBJECTSChapter 3Martyr and dictator: documentary of revolution and dictatorshipChapter 4Victim and perpetrator: documentary of atrocity and disappearanceChapter 5Exiles and homecomings: documentary of memory and nostalgiaChapter 6(Post)selves and (post)memories: documentary and (trans)generational memoryPART III THE DOCUMENTARY ARCHIVEChapter 7Archival footage, public television and online mediaChapter 8Post-dictatorship documentary and (no)reconciliation in ChileAppendix 1 Interviews with Filmmakers Appendix 2 Film Production Files BibliographyFilmography