The Obstinate Memory (remembering The Battle of Chile)

This film by Patricio Guzman looks at how people can remember events that have been removed from public life.

At the time of the making of this documentary Guzman’s film The Battle of Chile had never been shown in his home country and to the people it matters to most: those who witnessed and took part in the attempt to establish socialism under Salvadore Allende.

Guzman tracks down many of the people who appear in the film and asks them about those days, and also shows the film covertly to young people who know little of what happened in their own country.

At the end there is a 20-minute interview with Guzman about how he made the film, and what the difficulties were that he had to overcome.