Alborada Films bring a brilliant double-bill of documentary films that explore the relationship between culture and politics. A group of people come together in the Welsh town of Machynlleth to produce El Sueño Existe (The Dream Lives On), a festival of politics and culture. Book a combo ticket for The Read more…
They are our frontline in the struggle against the capitalist destruction of nature! They are fighting for us, and we must stand with them! Ten imprisoned Mapuche leaders have been on hunger strike since 27th November. Now more than 40 days in, their protest has reached a dangerous and crucial Read more…
' 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…
Get Creative! and make a poster inspired by the artwork of historical resistance pamphlets, posters, and album covers from Chile. Hosted at Snug space in Hyde Park Book Club from 4.30-9pm. 2023 marks 50 years since the overthrow of the democratically elected President Salvador Allende in Chile. This session forms 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…
Our main, month-long exhibition at the University of Leeds. Exhibition dates: 18 April - 18 May 2023. Opening Launch 5-8 pm on 18 April. Curated from Latin American political poster and pamphlet archives, with a particular focus on Chilean resistance to authoritarianism after a coup d'état in 1973. This is Read more…
Join us at the Leeds Art Gallery for a day of poster-making! We will be looking at a range of political artworks from the 70s and 80s to draw inspiration and create our own. Just turn up and drop in - all welcome
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…
Join us at the Leeds Art Gallery for a second day of poster-making! We will be looking at a range of political artworks from the 70s and 80s to draw inspiration and create our own. The workshop is family friendly and we will provide colouring-in sheets for children.
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…
FREE ENTRYJoin Alborada at the Festival of Debate 2 for a screening of Santiago Rising, a 2021 documentary directed by Nick MacWilliam. There will also be a short video introduction from the director.
Join Alborada for a panel reflecting on 50 years since the 11 September 1973 military coup against Salvador Allende’s government that installed the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. As well as looking at the lasting legacy of resistance to Pinochet and neoliberalism, we will be discussing the role of UK solidarity Read more…
During the final week of our exhibition, we invite chilean exile CARLOS ARREDONDO to share his experiences as a musician, a refugee, an activist, an archivist and a member of the exile generation of 1973. Carlos Arendondo first came to Britain as part of the 1973 exile from Chile, where Read more…
Bordando por la Memoria invites you to join us in making a collaborative textile that marks 50 years since the overthrown Government of Salvador Allende in Chile. The textile will be made up of 50 individual embroidered pieces that tell the stories of international solidarity in exile. This could be 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…
Arpilleras of Exile - An arpillera project about exile and refugee stories of Chilean women living in Chile, Australia, Sweden, Canada, and the UK. The project began as a way to narrate the exile experience, which is especially poignant as this year marks 50 years since the overthrown government of Read more…
A commemoration of 50 years since the military coup that changed Chile. This event brings together documentary Chileans of the North by Chris Paul and the political songs of Chile performed by Grupo Luma in one memorable evening.
The Centre for Equity & Inclusion (UoS) has created its own antiracist archive to help enable people of colour document experiences of identity, culture and heritage, and racial justice. The archive is an opportunity for self-reflection and forming new narratives. For finding solidarity in common experiences, and hopefully some optimism 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…
University of WarwickOcculus BuildingRoom OC 1.09 Fifty years ago this year, a violent coup d’état led by General Augusto Pinochet removed Salvador Allende, the democratically elected President of Chile, from power. Allende died in that coup on 11 September 1973, which ended a unique dream to build socialism through the Read more…
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 Maria Vásquez Aguilar – PhD candidate, University of Sheffield. Maria is a child Read more…
This workshop will be facilitated by Tatiana Hernandez and Jimena Pardo both second generation Chileans living in the UK. We invite the Chilean community in Leeds to join us for a textile workshop at Leeds University to reflect on 50 years of solidarity and resistance. Using our stories as a Read more…
A series of cultural and political events -music, poetry, talks, films and exhibitions to mark the 50th anniversary of the bloody coup d’état of 11 September 1973. Programme still in development for September 2023 with participation of FABULA ( For A Better Understanding of Latin America ) 1 - Edinburgh Read more…
The new book celebrates acts of Chile solidarity in Scotland in the 1970s, including the action by Rolls Royce workers in East Kilbride. It also describes the welcome given to refugees at the time. All this is set against events in Chile before and after the Coup, with eye-witness accounts Read more…
Situated in two display cabinets by the gift shop, these items tell the story of resistance and solidarity past and present by people in Sheffield for Chile. Loaned by locals, the collection includes projectile fragments picked up outside La Moneda on 11 Sept 1973 and craft/artwork made by political prisoners 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…
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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…
Commemoration event with guests Jeremy Corbyn, Dafydd Iwan, leading Welsh language singer & Patrick Jones, the poet behind James Dean Bradfield's powerful tribute to Victor Jara. BOOK TICKETS HERE >>
Join People's History Museum’s (PHM) Archive Team in marking the 50th anniversary of the Chilean military coup of 1973 and delve into material from the Chile Solidarity Campaign (CSC) collection. The event is 11.00am to 3.00pm and booking is required, though visitors can drop in anytime during the event. People's Read more…
Come and join us in Sheffield for a march and rally in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the coup. Bring banners, flags and instruments - all welcome!Meet at Sheffield City Hall, Barkers Pool S1 2HH and march to Quakers Meeting House for 1pm To register see here >>
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…
A day (11am to 4pm ) of solidarity and remembrance organised by the Communist Party of Britain, with speakers from Chile Solidarity, the Communist Party of Britain, Liberation and the Chile Communist Party, followed by the film 'The Peoples Train of Culture'. Food will be available. Working Class Movement Library, 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…
A film screening which gives an insight into the Chilean 9/11 in 1973 under the fascist civic-military dictatorship led by Pinochet. Starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek. Volcano Theatre, Swansea SA1 1LG TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW BOOK HERE https://volcanotheatre.wales/missing
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 >>
Documentary screening 📽️ Explore the intertwined world of culture and politics as we dive into the inspiring story of 'The People's Train of Culture.' 🎥 Directed by Carolina Espinoza Cartes, this documentary sheds light on the efforts to bridge the cultural gap in Chile during Salvador Allende's presidency. VenueElectric Palace Read more…
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…
Marking 50 years since the Chilean Coup, this screening is followed by an informal chat with Chilean born resident of Poole, Tito, who lived through these events. The film stars Jack Lemon and Sissy Spacek caught up in the immediate aftermath of the coup. Lighthouse Arts and Entertainment, 21 Kingland Read more…
A weekend of music, especially Nueva Canción, politics, poetry, film, dance, art, ceremony, foods and drinks etc to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Victor Jara, Pablo Neruda and thousands of others. Starts Saturday 16th 1pm, ends Sunday 17th 3pm approx. This year is a mini festival, mostly 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 this creative workshop for some stitching, chatting, and sharing inspired by People's History Museum’s collections. People's History Museum, Left Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester M3 3ER For more information see here >>
This is the main public event in Glasgow. All welcome! Speakers, music, food and wine available Please register for the event here >> so that the organisers can best cater for the food and wine!
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…
A whole day of interactive workshops and talks on various aspects of Latin America including countries such as Cuba, Brazil, Cuba, Peru and Chile and looking at issues such as debt, climate, exploitation, trade unions and resistance in the region. Tickets are £5 unwaged, £10 waged. Book your tickets here 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…
Luma Creations is proud to bring the legendary Chilean group ILLAPU to the prestigious Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. with an incredible catalogue of 24 highly successful album releases and a trajectory spanning 50 years that continues their successful journey through Chile and the world, taking their traditional rhythms and magic sounds, 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 >>
Get yourself a ticket for only £3 and learn about the incredible true story of the British workers who defied Pinochet. Doors open at 7pm in order for guests to get a drink at the licenced bar and have a flick through the free zine/programme you receive on the door. Read more…
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…
For most people in Britain, 11 September marks the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centres in New York. In Chile, the date resonates for another reason. On 11 September 1973, a military coup was launched against Chile’s socialist president, Salvador Allende. That morning, British-made Hawker Hunter 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 >>
Films at Heart’s Food and Film celebrate CHILE Food 6.30pm Introduction 7.15pm Film 7.30pm Come and join the celebration with delicious food from the Assembly Bar + Kitchen and the brilliant Chilean film NO Dir Pablo Larrain/1 hr 52 mins/Certificate 15/Subtitles/2012 Oscar nominated true story about the advertising executives who Read more…
Unison (International Forum WM) and Birmingham CSC organised day of speakers, films, etc with updates especially on Cuba, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Chile - 50 years on from the coup, and Chile today. Free. Unison Regional Office, 24 Livery Street, Birmingham B3 2PA Reserve your place (essential)+ dietary needs by email Read more…
One day conference to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Chilean coup. Cynthia Beerbower Room,Newnham College, University of Cambridge View the programme, read more about the keynote speakers and book here
This fundraising evening combines a Ceilidh with a Peña to commemorate 50 years since the coup in Chile. Celebrating the amazing songs from days of Unidad Popular (Allende's Popular Unity government) and the cultural legacy of that time the night will also have a traditional form of music, fun and Read more…
An evening commemorating 50 years since the coup in Chile Screening of the documentary 'Chileans of the North', a film exploring the stories of some of the people who arrived in Yorkshire as refugees in the 1970s. The film will be followed by a Q&A with the director and José Read more…
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…
Mappin Hall, Mappin Building, Sheffield S1 3JDThis is a timely event. 50 years after the Chilean coup that ushered forth a violent 17-year dictatorship and 5 years after Chile’s widespread democratic protests, known as the estallido social, they will discuss the importance of understanding history for the present and why Read more…
Part of the University of Manchester's Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar series. Co-organised with the Department of Drama, the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, and the SPLAS Cineclub. In 2023, we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the coup that led to the overthrow of the democratically Read more…
On 11th September 1973 a violent coup in Chile overthrew the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende. What followed was nearly 17 years of repression in which the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet transformed the country. More than 2000 Chilean exiles came to the UK, aided by a network that included 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…
