Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
*** September 11, 2023 is the 50th Anniversary of the military coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet in Chile. ***
This documentary is a personal exploration of the lived experiences of exile as told by Chilean women, children and men in Canada and their relatives in Chile. As a refugee himself, the director Leuten Rojas has constructed a moving representation of displacement, uprooting, integration into an adopted country and relationship to the country of origin. The on camera statements of the protagonists are at once personal and communal as they recall their memories of the military coup of September 11, 1973 and how they managed to leave the country and what exile means for them.
Through anecdotes and stories, the protagonists affirm their ongoing political and creative commitment to Chile and how it has shaped their identities as Chilean-Canadians. Since most of these individuals have formed families and raised children who have either grown up or have been born in Canada, the documentary represents how memory is expressed, shared and transferred from generation to generation. The ensuing narrative brings together the diverse effects of exile within the wider context of collective memory. Filmed in Canada and Chile, this documentary was made possible by funding from the Canada Council of the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, with additional individual contributions.
Director and Producer: Leuten Rojas
*** September 11, 2023 is the 50th Anniversary of the military coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet in Chile. ***
This documentary is a personal exploration of the lived experiences of exile as told by Chilean women, children and men in Canada and their relatives in Chile. As a refugee himself, the director Leuten Rojas has constructed a moving representation of displacement, uprooting, integration into an adopted country and relationship to the country of origin. The on camera statements of the protagonists are at once personal and communal as they recall their memories of the military coup of September 11, 1973 and how they managed to leave the country and what exile means for them.
Through anecdotes and stories, the protagonists affirm their ongoing political and creative commitment to Chile and how it has shaped their identities as Chilean-Canadians. Since most of these individuals have formed families and raised children who have either grown up or have been born in Canada, the documentary represents how memory is expressed, shared and transferred from generation to generation. The ensuing narrative brings together the diverse effects of exile within the wider context of collective memory. Filmed in Canada and Chile, this documentary was made possible by funding from the Canada Council of the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, with additional individual contributions.
Director and Producer: Leuten Rojas
