The little town of San José de Gracias lies far from the throbbing life of Mexico City. Over the years, historians and history books have overlooked it. Yet one of its sons, Luis Gonzales, returned after many years to plumb the memories of its inhabitants, and to write Barriers of Solitude: The Universal History of a Mexican Village, which became a surprising best seller in Mex...
Patricio Guzmán left Chile more than 40 years ago when the military dictatorship took over the democratically-elected government, but he never stopped thinking about a country, a culture, and a place on the map that he never forgot. After covering the North in Nostalgia for the Light and the South in The Pearl Button, his shots get up-close with what he calls “the vast revealin...
Hace 20 aos se realizaron numerosas películas sobre la increíble fiebre revolucionaria que se apoderó de Chile en la década del 70, durante el gobierno de Allende. Uno de estos filmes documentales, "La Batalla de Chile", mostraba esta realidad de una manera muy clara y dio la vuelta al mundo. En 1997, su autor regresó a Santiago acompaado de un pequeo equipo para recorrer ot...