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About the Film
One day, without warning, a revolution exploded. It was the event that 80-year-old master documentarian Patricio Guzmán had been waiting for and working toward all his life: a million and a half people in the streets of Santiago, the Chilean capital, demanding justice, education, health care, and a new constitution to replace the strident rules imposed on the country during the Pinochet military dictatorship. Urgent and topical, My Imaginary Country features harrowing front-line protest footage and interviews with the dynamic activist leaders who are bringing about a regime change. Guzmán powerfully connects Chile's complex, bloody history to contemporary revolutionary social movements and the election of a popular new president.
"It’s a vindication, not just for the nation, but for its most clear-eyed, full-hearted chronicler. Would all countries be so lucky as to have a Patricio Guzmán, to help with the painful process of recovering what has been lost and, as with 'My Imaginary Country,' celebrate what has been gained." —Variety
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