The Battle of Chile, Part 3: The Power of the People
(La Batalla de Chile: El Poder Popular)
Directed by Patricio Guzmán.
Chile/Cuba/France, 1978, digital video, black & white, 78 min.
Spanish w/English subtitles.
Chile/Cuba/France, 1978, digital video, black & white, 78 min.
Spanish w/English subtitles.
Completed a year after the first and second parts, The Power of the People offers an important coda to Guzmán’s epic documentary by turning away from the forces who opposed Allende and instead examining the loose coalition of workers and citizens who attempted to save Allende’s visionary politics. A stirring testimony to the grass roots power of Allende’s visionary politics and its singular appeal to the working class, The Power of the People offers a fleeting, poignant glimpse into the Socialist dream that was cruelly shattered by the Pinochet dictatorship. – HG