Alborada Films presents

Mother, Country (Documentary)

Directed by Pablo Navarrete (Film duration 91 minutes. English/Spanish with English subtitles)

@Star and Shadow Cinema, 210 Warwick Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1BB

Friday 15 November, 6pm-9pm

Doors open at 6pm. Film starts at 6.30pm. Live Q&A from 8pm to 9pm with the film's director Pablo Navarrete, his mother Cristina Godoy-Navarrete (who features in the film and who will connect via Zoom), and Francisco Carrasco (Luma Creations). The Q&A will close with live music from Francisco Carrasco (Grupo Luma).

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Event In collaboration with Luma Creations.

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FILM SYNOPSIS
[EN]

Pablo Navarrete's parents were forced to leave Chile after a military coup on 11 September 1973. They arrived in the UK as political refugees after spending time in the Pinochet dictatorship’s torture centres. They didn’t know it then, but Britain would be where they would settle, have a family, and still live, nearly 50 years later. Filmed over more than three years, Mother, Country is a deeply personal film that follows the director as he travels to Chile with his parents in 2020 to witness a people’s uprising and finally confront their past.

[ES]

Los padres de Pablo Navarrete tuvieron que abandonar Chile después de un golpe militar el 11 de septiembre de 1973. Llegaron al Reino Unido como refugiados políticos después de pasar por los centros de tortura de la dictadura de Pinochet. No lo sabían entonces, pero Gran Bretaña sería el lugar donde se establecerían, tendrían una familia y seguirían viviendo, casi 50 años después. Filmada durante más de tres años, ‘Mother, Country’ (El país de mi madre) es una película profundamente personal que acompaña al director mientras viaja a Chile con sus padres en 2020, para presenciar el levantamiento de un pueblo y finalmente confrontar su pasado.

> Watch a teaser for the film here.

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Film produced by Alborada Films in association with Bethnal Films
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**Read a short article about the film written by Pablo here; click here to read a review of the documentary on the film website DMovies.

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