Primera

Thirty years since the end of Pinochet’s regime in Chile, the spectre of his era still hovers over the country. The protests of 2019 and 2020 were also affected by the dark past, as the Chilean people’s quest for a more just future was bloodily suppressed. Angy and Felipe are both parents who by force of circumstance became activists. After witnessing the brutal treatment of students protesting against fare increases in the metro, they called their neighbours and set out to defend the students. Within two weeks, two million Chileans were on the streets protesting about the social inequality in the country, which has become South America’s most successful economy without much of the population benefiting from it. The protesters believed that a new constitution, replacing Pinochet’s, could help remedy the situation. Through Angy’s and Felipe’s eyes, we witness a year-long struggle for a better life in a country that has undergone so much. (One World)