Dictatorship Movies

In a fictional country, a dictator forces his people to mine for rare substances. One man, Ezra, steps up to oppose the dictator and rescue his...

A middle class couple in Chile at the night that Cecilia Bolocco becomes Miss Universe. A student film by Gabriel Lizama AKA Liz Taylor.

Demonstrations, confrontations, parties and divisions marked one of the most important university campaigns of the decade: the 1968 student elections.

During the first days after the 1973 Chilean coup d’état, the political leadership of the Popular Unity government was arrested and...

An unemployed man wanders the streets of Santiago de Chile in the 80s (Pinochet's Chile), looking for a chance to be a hero. In an old cinema in the...

"Subversivas" is a documentary that reveals the brazilian military dictatorship from the perspective of women. Teresa Angelo, Gilse Cosenza, Thereza...

This film is a rare glimpse into one of the most secret places of the world, Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. Slowly, an unexpected natural...

Argentina, 1973. The return of democracy marks the beginning of a new countdown to the next coup d'état: on March 24, 1976, the worst...

In 1985, in the obscure town of Dolores, the Orapronobis, a cult under the leadership of Kumander Kontra, murders a foreign priest who gave the last...

It follows Chilean writer Antonio Skármeta as he celebrates the end of the autocrats. Cheerful farewell rituals accompany others facing...

Córdoba, Argentina, 1976. It was an August night when soldiers dressed as civilians broke into Pablo and Vera's house. They must do everything...

In Maija Blåfield’s documentary, eight former North Koreans talk about what it was like to watch illegal films in a closed society. In...

The marks of the violence of the Chilean state, against its own compatriots. Flicker Film. 35mm B & W Still Photography. Silent.