Images of a Dictatorship

Images of a Dictatorship
SpanishImageries de una dictatur
Directed byPatricio Henríquez
Written byPatricio Henríquez
Produced byRobert Cornellier
Raymonde Provencher
Patricio Henríquez
CinematographyRaul Cuevas
Edited byJean-Marie Drot
Music byRobert Marcel Lepage
Production
company
Macumba International
Release date
  • August 28, 1999 (1999-08-28) (MWFF)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageSpanish

Images of a Dictatorship (Spanish: Imageries de una dictatur) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Patricio Henríquez and released in 1999.[1] Culled from the archives of Chilean news videographer Raul Cuevas, the film is a portrait of life in Chile during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.[2]

The film premiered at the 1999 Montreal World Film Festival.[3] It was subsequently screened at the 2000 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it won the award for Best Political Documentary.[4]

The film won the Jutra Award for Best Documentary Film at the 2nd Jutra Awards in 2000,[5] as well as that year's M. Joan Chalmers Documentarian Award for Film and Video.[6]

References

  1. ^ Geoff Pevere, "Documentaries speak volumes; Hot Docs truth often stranger than fiction". Toronto Star, May 1, 2000.
  2. ^ "Images d'une dictature (Images of a Dictatorship)". The Chapel Hill Herald, April 4, 2000.
  3. ^ "This is the reel deal: today's schedule". Montreal Gazette, August 28, 1999.
  4. ^ "The Holier It Gets tops Hot Docs fest". The Globe and Mail, May 9, 2000.
  5. ^ "Les Prix Jutras / The Jutra Awards". Northern Stars.
  6. ^ "Henriquez doc wins Chalmers". Playback, May 29, 2000.


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