' Chile 50 years UK' launches at the Latin America Conference 2023 where you can find out first-hand about the latest developments in the region and how we can offer solidarity.
'September' is a new play, by Teresa Briggs-Novaes, Brazilian theatre director and playwright, about love, betrayal and murder that links Pinochet's coup in Chile on September 11, 1973 and the attacks on New York, on September 11, 2001. From March 1st until 25th. Wednesdays to Saturdays, 7,30pm aThe Calder Bookshop Read more…
Evento artístico cultural con motivo de celebrar el DIA INTERNACIONAL DE LA MUJER y premiación a los ganadores del concurso literario 2022 de la Casa Chilena en homenaje a Pablo Neruda. El Precio de la entrada es £8, incluye un completo y una bebida. Niños menores de 10 años no Read more…
We're paying homage to Víctor Jara, a legendary Chilean folk singer. He was one of the pioneers of the nueva canción genre of politically charged popular songs, as well as a teacher, theatre director, poet and singer-songwriter. Singer-songwriter, Nano Stern, is a Chilean artist riding the crest of the new wave of Chilean Song, and has become a reference of contemporary songwriting in South Read more…
This exhibition marks the culmination of months of exploration into Latin America in the 1970s as part of Thinking Inside the Box: 1973, the second edition of a student-led archive analysis and curatorial project. It will showcase an exquisite collection of political posters and pamphlets from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Read more…
Grupo Luma make their La Linea debut to take you on a journey through Chilean & South American political song. Saturday 22 April Doors 7pm @Rich Mix London 11 September 2023 will mark fifty years since the coup against the Salvador Allende government in Chile. What followed was the darkest Read more…
Fragments of a Dream will be shown again in London on Wednesday 26 April as part of the Alborada Films event Documentaries from Latin America and Beyond #4, our series of documentary events at the wonderful Rich Mix. This time we bring a double-bill of documentary films that explore the Read more…
CHICAGO BOYS tell the story of a group of US economist Milton Friedman’s Chilean disciples that, backed by a brutal military dictatorship, turned Chile into the first and most extreme neoliberal country in the world. In person post-screening Q&A with former Chilean political prisoner Roberto Navarrete and trade union organiser Read more…
From the 1973 coup to the drafting of a new constitution in 2022, witness 50 years of Chilean history as told by master documentarian Patricio Guzmán. Bertha DocHouse are showing THE BATTLE OF CHILE (17 Jun) alongside MY IMAGINARY COUNTRY. bit.ly/BattleChileBDH
The Postal Museum will host a small display exploring the role of the post as a lifeline for the victims of the Chilean coup of 1973. Created in collaboration with former political prisoner Gloria Miqueles, the display will feature letters, postcards and packages sent by detainees, exiles, their families, and Read more…
Chile 50 years Collaborative textile workshop. Key themes: Solidarity, memory and global refugee stories through art. Join artist Jimena Pardo, from group Bordando por la Memoria to mark 50 years since the overthrown Government of Salvador Allende in Chile. We will be working on a collaborative textile. The workshop is Read more…
Collective memory on human rights violations, and forcibly disappeared, as well as political exile, has taken the spotlight of the 50th anniversary of Augusto Pinochet’s military coup – backed by the CIA – that overthrew the democratic socialist government of President Salvador Allende on Sept 11, 1973. This roundtable aims Read more…
An exhibition - Opening 8th September 2023, 6:00 -9:00 pm - at the London School of Economics (LSE) Library of archival materials, posters, photographs and audio visual links exploring the response to the Chilean coup in Britain, the growth of solidarity and human rights activism across the country and the Read more…
The Asamblea Chilena de Londres (ACL) invites you to commemorate the 50 years of thecivic-military coup that overthrew the democratically elected government of Salvador Allendeon 11 September 1973. London South Bank University LSBU HubSE1 6LNPreliminary programmeFrom 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM: Opening ExhibitionInternational Chile Solidarity Campaign PostersArpilleras (Textile Art)Timeline DisplayPhotographsFrom Read more…
On September 11th, we will pay tribute to our comrades who were killed or disappeared during the Pinochet dictatorship, while also honoring those who continue to resist and fight for a fairer society today. Everyone is welcome to attend; please bring your banners!NO TO IMPUNITY! NI PERDON NI OLVIDO! NO Read more…
Chicago Boys Directors: Carola Fuentes and Rafael Valdeavellano, 2015, Spanish with English subtitles, 85 minutes The story of a group of US economist Milton Friedman’s Chilean disciples that, backed by a brutal military dictatorship, turned Chile into the first and most extreme neoliberal country in the world.In person post-screening Q&A Read more…
11 September 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the US government supported military coup that overthrew the socialist government of Salvador Allende. To mark this occasion Alborada and Peace and Justice Project present an event of documentary and debate. The evening begins with a screening of the documentary The People’s Read more…
Four Corners121 Roman RoadBethnal GreenLondonE2 0QN Four Corners is delighted to announce its forthcoming exhibition in September 2023Chile 50: Political Art, Solidarity and Resistance will re-stage Peter Kennard’s original photomontage touring show, A Document on Chile, alongside work by contemporary Chilean photographers and rare Arpilleras de Chile – patchwork pictures Read more…
With Ariel Dorfman, Richard Smith and Camila Vergara at the British Library Knowledge CentreThe British Library96 Euston RoadLondonNW1 2DB From £4 – £8Concessions available For tickets and more information visit here >>
A play by Tereza Briggs-Novaes. Three people, two 9/11s: Chile 1973 , New York 2001. SEPTEMBER is a new play about politics, lust, and murder that links General Pinochet’s coup in Chile on September 11, 1973 and the attack on New York on September 11, 2001. As Latin America is Read more…
The Postal Museum, 15-20 Phoenix Place, London, WC1X 0DA. Join us for a special event at The Postal Museum on 16th September 2023, bringing together victims of the Chilean coup of 1973 and exploring the use of the post as a lifeline to friends and family. Activities on the day will Read more…
Join us to hear Peter Kennard and Loraine Leeson discuss their use of political photomontage. Peter Kennard is renowned for creating uncompromising and hard-hitting political photomontage. He will discuss his exhibition, A Document on Chile’ with text by Ric Sissons, which was made for the Half Moon Photography Workshop in Read more…
Film screening at the Four Corners Gallery with producer Jasmine Gideon and Q&A For more information about Crafting Resistance: the art of Chilean Political prisoners >>
What does it mean to be an activist photographer? Can the camera be used to support political change? This event invites three photographers to discuss their documentation of the recent protest movement in Chile. ‘It’s not about 30 pesos, it’s about 30 years.’ Collectives such as Migrar Photo and photographers Read more…
The University of East London kindly invites you to our launch event for the Documenting Chile Archive. Located within the UEL Archives on our Docklands Campus Archive, overlooking the Royal Docks and the River Thames, we are looking forward to meet you as part of this informal open day launching Read more…
As part of our programme to mark Chile 50 Years UK and the launch of our Documenting Chile Archiving Project at the Refugee Council Archive at UEL, on the Saturday 23rd September, we are pleased to be able to host a documentary screening of Chileans of the North by documentary Read more…
MUSICA EN VIVO Imperio Bamba, Rukabonfire, Yuri Betancourt, John Cuevas - El ChinchineroLuna & Adrian DJ MUSICA CHILENA Comida Empanadas, completos, torta de mil hojas, Asado a la Chilena, vinos, cervezas, pisco sour, gaseosas, agua RIFAS,JUEGOS, SORPRESAS £10 EN LA PUERTA SÓLO EFECTIVO140 CAMBRIDGE HEATH ROADLONDON BETHNAL GREEN E1 5QJ Read more…
This event celebrates the artwork of the UK's exile community in commemoration of the 1973 military coup that deposed democratically elected Socialist President Salvador Allende and led to the forced exile of over half a million Chileans, of which 3,000 arrived in the UK. The exhibition will feature the sculptures Read more…
Screening of the documentary 'Chileans of the North' followed by comments by discussants Dr Francesca Lessa (UCL) and Dr Jasmine Gideon (Birkbeck). Chileans of the North explores the story of the refugees who made a new home in South Yorkshire. The participants share what happened at the time of the Read more…
An exhibition by performance artist Janet Toro’s radical work responding to Chilean dictatorship at Peltz Gallery43 Gordon SquareBirkbeck CollegeLondonWC1H 0PD Exhibition opens on October 12 at 6pm and runs until December 2023 Janet Toro's performance series El cuerpo de la memoria (The body of memory), rekindles both individual and collective Read more…
A documentary that explores the relationship between culture and politics. Introduced by the government of Salvador Allende (1970 to 1973) the initiative’s aim was to bring culture closer to those who had no access to it. The ‘People’s Train of Culture’ (also known as El Tren Popular de La Cultura), Read more…
A documentary, a photographic archive and political embroidery: critical media projects by the 3 second generation Chilean women to mark Pinochet's brutal dictatorship and the continued fight for justice. Professor Stuart Hall Building, Goldsmiths University of London 80 Lewisham Way London SE14 6NW For more information and to book your Read more…
Screening of Alborada Films’ 2021 documentary Santiago Rising at the Jago in Dalston, northeast London, on the fourth anniversary of Chile’s Social Explosion, the immense protests against the ongoing legacy of the Pinochet dictatorship. The Jago440 Kingsland RoadLondon E8 4AA FOR TICKETS SEE HERE >>
To mark 50 years since the military coup in Chile, Movimientos & Naomi in Blue present ¡Adiós General! Bringing together London musicians from the Latin America diaspora, with artists including Naomi in Blue and Malena Zavala, ¡Adiós General! will celebrate Nuevo Pop Chileno and the songs of Los Prisioneros, Aparato Read more…
A conference at the London School of Economics on 20-21 October (date to be confirmed) co-organised by Dr. Tanya Harmer and G. Miqueles, reflecting on the response to the Chilean coup in Britain, solidarity and human rights activism as well as the arrival and experience of exile in the UK. Read more…
Series of film screenings that invite to reflect upon the challenges of memory and memorialization and the relation between aesthetics and the political in the context of the Chilean dictatorship. Questions about archival practices, fiction and testimony, intimacy and state violence will guide the conversation with the respective directors who Read more…
Our latest Alborada Online examines the UK government’s role in the death of Chile’s democracy and the rise of the Pinochet regime. To register visit the Alborada website here >>
ONLINE ZOOM MEETING Over a thousand political detention centers existed in Chile during the dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet (1973–1990). Music was commonly present in these places, where thousands were tortured, disappeared, and executed. This presentation focuses on the digital platform Cantos Cautivos (Captive Songs), led and edited by Read more…
Birkbeck Cinema43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PDA young Chilean woman lives exiled in Montreal. She is a filmmaker. Day after day, she makes a film, a journal, in which documentary, fiction, and her subjective perception of reality fuse with each other, lend vigour to each other, thereby creating a new, Read more…
This film screening is part of the film screenings series Chile50: Politics & Aesthetics, curated and organised by the Centre for Iberian and Latin American Visual Studies (CILAVS), in collaboration with Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image (BIMI) and Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia (FIC Valdivia). The selected films Read more…