Film Series

The screenings are part of the Harvard Film Archive Film Series EXCAVATING SUBTERRANEA. THE FILM POEMS OF ANA VAZ Apiyemiyekî? Directed by Ana Vaz. Brazil/France/Portugal/Netherlands, 2019, DCP, color and b&w, 27 min. DCP source: Lightcone Amazing Fantasy...

In the opening shot of Ana Vaz’s feature debut, an intense blue descends upon the sprawling, modernist metropolis of Brasília, which starts spinning out of control as a symphony of wild animal sounds crescendos. It is night in America. A recognition, an...

Directed by Patricio Guzmán Chile/Cuba/France, 1976, DCP, black & white, 88 min Spanish with English subtitles DCP source: Icarus Films The second part of The Battle of Chile begins with the Chilean military’s first attempted coup in June 1973 and tracks...

Directed by Patricio Guzmán Chile/Cuba/France, 1975, DCP, black & white, 96 min Spanish with English subtitles DCP source: Icarus FIlms The Battle of Chile began as a boldly spontaneous attempt to comprehensively document Allende’s truly revolutionary...

Directed by Cristián Sánchez With Felisa González, Andrés Quintana, Fernando Andía Chile, 1979, DCP, black & white, 72 min Spanish with English subtitles DCP source: Cineteca Nacional de Chile Shot clandestinely on a shoestring budget, the second feature...

Directed by Patricio Guzmán Chile/Cuba/France, 1978, DCP, black & white, 79 min Spanish with English subtitles DCP source: Icarus Films Completed a couple of years after the first and second parts, The Power of the People offers an important coda to...

Speaker: Ignacio Agüero, Filmmaker Moderated by: Haden Guest, Director, Harvard film Archive Director in Person $15 Special Event Tickets Directed by Ignacio Agüero Chile/UK, 1988, DCP, color and b&w, 55 min Spanish with English subtitles DCP source...

Directed by Raúl Ruiz and Valeria Sarmiento With Rubén Sotoconil, Claudia Paz, Luis Alarcón. Chile, 1967/2020, DCP, black & white, 70 min. Spanish with English subtitles. Raúl Ruiz (1941 - 2011) is a filmmaker often heralded for prolific filmography, with...

Directed by Alicia Scherson With Viviana Herrera, Andres Ulloa, Aline Küppenheim. Argentina/Chile , 2005, DCP, color, 104 min. Spanish and Mapudungun with English subtitles. Filmed in a hybrid technological style, Alicia Scherson’s dramedy makes use of...

Directed by Raúl Ruiz With Beatrice Lapido, Rodrigo Ureta, Luis Alarcón. Chile, 1992, DCP, color, 125 min. Spanish with English subtitles. In 1973 Raúl Ruiz was invited by then-fledgling national film company Chilefilms to direct the biggest-budgeted...