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Into the high mountains
MARIA DUARTE recommends a powerful documentary about the crimes of Pinochet’s Chile, and the contemplative power of the country’s snow-covered peaks
The Cordillera of Dreams
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SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
The Cordillera of Dreams (12A)
Directed by Patricio Guzman
CHILEAN filmmaker Patricio Guzman, who left Chile almost 50 years ago following Pinochet’s military coup d’etat, continues his examination of his country’s history and soul — this time through the mountain range that surrounds Santiago, his birthplace.
Said “cordillera” loom majestic and proud; a witness, according to Guzman (Battle of Chile), to events under Pinochet’s dictatorship that he believes were hidden from the country’s citizens.
The sweeping shots of the vast ridges are peaceful and calming, providing a stark contrast to the film footage of protesters, both men and women, being viciously manhandled and beaten up by the military and the police before being forcibly arrested and removed.
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