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)
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
37369
Language
English
Audience classification
G
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
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)