During the sixteen year dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet that ended with the 1989 democratic elections, over one million Chileans left their homeland to live in exile. “Canto a la vida” explores the experience of living a life in exile through the stories of seven Chilean woman. They include Tencia de Allende, the widow of the murdered president Salvadore Allende; internationally renowned folk singer, Isabel Parra; author Isabel Allende and artist Gracia Barrios. Directed by Lucia Salinas Brionas who exiled to Australia in 1986. (English and Spanish with English subtitles)
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ACMI Identifier
302599
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Barrios, Gracia
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Allende, Hortencia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Allende, Isabel, 1942-
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Barrios, Gracia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Chile - Politics and government
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Parra, Isabel
Literature → Allende, Isabel, 1942-
Music & Performing Arts → Parra, Isabel
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)