The assault on the Palacio de la Moneda is probably one of the most striking images in the history of the 20th 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 when broadcast on television around the world. Cinema was also a witness to the process through Patricio Guzmán's trilogy The Battle of Chile, a documentary that had begun filming some time before the coup d'état that destroyed a unique democratic project in all Latin America. These three films, smuggled out of the country, became the cornerstone that defined the informative and denunciatory documentary and a great influence on 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 to the fight for democracy. Proof of this are the different approaches that, from fiction and documentary, keep its interpretation and its legacy alive with productions both inside and outside Chile.
The Cervantes Institute presents the series "La proyección de las alamedas (1973/2023)" to join the activities of the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Chilean military dictatorship. An online film program that includes four documentaries that return, from different perspectives on the coup d'état that ended the government of Salvador Allende.