The screening of Las Alamedas (1973-2023)

The assault on the Palacio de la Moneda is probably one of the most striking images that keeps the history of the twentieth century not only of Chile, but also of the contemporary world. The recording of those shots and the tanks advancing through the deserted streets was immediately converted into memory in its broadcast on televisions around the world. The cinema also witnessed the process through Patricio Guzmán's trilogy, La batalla de Chile (The Battle of Chile), a documentary that had begun to be recorded some time before the coup d'état that ruined a unique democratic project in all of Latin America. These three films, smuggled out of the country, became the cornerstone that defined the informative and denunciatory documentary and influenced much of the production of this genre around the world. On the other hand, the importance of this historical event continues to make us reflect on its motivations and consequences, as an event that still appeals to the ways of understanding resistance and citizenship, to the struggle for democracy. Proof of this are the different approaches that, from fiction and documentary, keep alive his interpretation and his legacy with productions both inside and outside Chile. The Cervantes Institute presents the series The screening of Las Alamedas (1973-2023) to join the activities of the 50th Anniversary of the beginning of the Chilean military dictatorship.