A portrait of a brutal military dictatorship made during a three month visit to Chile in 1985 by David Bradbury. This powerful documentary traces the 12 years from 1973 to 1985 of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship and whose forces seized power in a bloody, US-backed coup. Marxist president Salvador Allende was left for dead and with him any hopes of democracy remaining in Chile. Military intimidation of the population, indiscriminate arrests, murder, torture and disappearances were facts of Chilean life. The footage reveals a country torn with civil strife and political unrest.
Chile: Hasta Cuando?
Filmmakers enters Chile in 1985, one of the cruelest years of Augusto Pinochet right-wing military dictatorship. With the excuse of documenting religion and Viña del Mar Festival, they witness the truth about Chile under Pinochet.
