Showing posts with label popular unity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label popular unity. Show all posts

Saturday, March 7, 2009

An Interview with Salvador Allende


In this historic interview with Salvador Allende, Chile's new president articulates his basic beliefs and lays out the program he intended to persue as leader of the Popular Unity government. The conversation shows with rare candor Allende´s deep-seated belief in the Chilean Constitution and in the ability of his coalition to maintain control for the elected six-year period. He discusses the legal road to socialism, the anticipated problems with the Nixon Administration and the CIA, and how he planned to handle the antagonism of the Chilean bourgeoisie. He also talks about his early days as doctor, recounting how his medical career and contact with the poor led to his conversion to socialism.


Watch the video here (in spanish with subtitles in english)

Friday, March 6, 2009

11' 09'' 01

11'9''01 September 11 (2002, 135 min), is an international film composed of 11 contributions from different filmmakers, each from a different country. Each gave their own vision of the events in New York City on September 11, 2001, in a short film of 11 minutes, 9 seconds, and one frame. The original concept and production of the film were by French producer Alain Brigand. The film received the "Special Prize" at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.

From this film, here we have the video of the contribution of the british director Ken Loach, the segment "United Kingdom".