Canto a la Vida = Song to Life

Australia, 1990

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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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Credits

producer

Gina Roncoli

director

Lucia Salinas Briones

production company

Vida Media Productions

Duration

00:48:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1990

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302599

Language

English

Audience classification

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Barrios, Gracia

Documentary

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

History → Allende, Hortencia

Literature → Allende, Isabel, 1942-

Music & Performing Arts → Parra, Isabel

People → Allende, Hortencia

People → Allende, Isabel, 1942-

People → Barrios, Gracia

People → Parra, Isabel

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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