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    City of Photographers

    Spanish poster of the movie City of Photographers
    La Ciudad de los fotógrafos
    Chile
    2006     Documentary    
    1h 20min
    Original language: Spanish

    In the 1980s under Augusto Pinochet's regime in Chile, a small group of independent photographers took to the streets and documented the atrocities, the violence and the riots going on around them. While Pinochet's army had guns, the photographers had an equally dangerous weapon: their cameras. The act of taking a photograph became an expression of freedom. When they were published in Chile and abroad, the photographers' shocking images of terror became their potent contribution to revolution. Among the fearless band of photographers in Santiago was filmmaker Sebastian Moreno's father. His testimony in words and pictures is laid out in this film alongside contributions from his colleagues and archival footage which brings the images of the past to life. The photographers' black and white pictures serve as their legacy: an unfading reminder of the horrors of a brutal dictatorship and of the courageous spirit of a group of artists. A tribute to "30 years of Chileans in Exile".

    Directed bySebastián Moreno
    Written byClaudia Barril, Nona Fernández

    Featuring

    Verónica De Negri
    José Durán
    Paz Errázuriz
    Julia Garrido
    Ana González
    Álvaro Hoppe
    Jorge Ianiszewski
    Percy Lam
    Kena Lorenzini
    Helena Maureira
    + MORE

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