Alborada Films Presents: Documentaries from Latin America and Beyond (Meeting Point + Himno)

Alborada Films presents a double-bill of Chilean documentaries:

Session 1: Meeting Point (Punto de Encuentro)

Doors: 3pm / Film start time: 3.30pm / Finish: 5pm

Session 2: Himno

Doors: 5.15pm / Film start time: 5.45pm / Finish: 7pm

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Session 1:

Meeting Point (Punto de Encuentro) - UK Premiere

Directed by Roberto Baeza, 90 minutes, La Toma, 2022, Spanish with English subtitles

In the documentary Meeting Point (Punto de Encuentro) two filmmakers reconstruct what their fathers lived through in a torture center 45 years ago in Chile under the Pinochet dictatorship. They both involve their families in the staging process with the actors, and behind the cameras the emotional traces that the different generations carry with that familiar story, are revealed, because only one of their fathers survived, the other one is still detained-disappeared.

"Meeting Point is an extraordinary piece of cinema that combines fiction and non-fiction formats to explore the generational trauma left behind by a bloodthirsty dictatorship. It’s been almost half a century, but the wounds are still open, and Roberto Baeza uses this work to bring more light to the violence of the past to forge a fair present and dream for a better future." - Ricardo Gallegos, Film Cred

Session 2:

Himno - London Premiere

Directed by Martin Farias, 70 minutes, Palimpsesto, 2023, Spanish with English subtitles

A vibrant musical journey wonders how the Chilean song "El pueblo unido" (The People United Will Never be Defeated) written in 1973, became an anthem of people's struggles around the world. Interweaving rare archival materials, testimonies, music, sound recordings and experimental excerpts, the film acknowledges the power of songs and the search for social transformations by diverse movements. Based on in-depth research and testimonies by musicians from Chile, Portugal, France, Germany, Finland and Japan, it delves into the different uses and meanings this anthem has achieved worldwide.

> Watch the film's trailer here. Read an interview with the director here.

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Venue Address: Bolivar Hall 54 Grafton Way. Fitzrovia. London W1T 5DL

We will have a playlist of Latin America music playing before, in between and after the films.

We will also have an Alborada stall with t-shirts, mugs, prints and hoodies as well as DVDs and books. You can visit our online shop here.

Event supported by Alborada and Chile Solidarity Network