Mi País Imaginario
The people demanded justice, education, health care, and a new constitution to replace the strident rules imposed on the country during the Pinochet military dictatorship.
Urgent and inspired, the documentary features harrowing front-line protest footage and interviews with dynamic activist leaders and powerfully connects Chile's complex, bloody history to contemporary revolutionary social movements and the election of a new president.
With unassuming, generous elegance, the Chilean doc master finds hope and political optimism in his homeland's 2019 protest movement.