The Chacabuco Project

Article in the Chilean newspaper La Tercera about the screening of Memoria Desierta in the National Cinematheque at the Moneda Palace in Santiago, Chile (June 27, 2007). Article in Spanish only.

Watch Video with Architectural Expert Dr. Eugenio Garcés Feliú
Check out the latest video (it’s subtitled into English) of a 10 minute interview with architectural expert Dr. Eugenio Garcés Feliú on Chacabuco. The video includes architectural blueprints, aerial shots, super 8mm film footage, historical photographs from the 1920’s and recent photos of Chacabuco.
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WATCH INTERVIEWS WITH THE EX-PRISONERS OF CHACABUCO
(with English subtitles)
This 10 minute short was filmed in November of 2006 when the documentary Memoria Desierta was shown at the annual reunion of the ex-political prisoners of Chacabuco in Santiago, Chile. After the screening of the documentary the reactions, suggestions and testimonies of the ex-prisoners and their families […]

Memoria Desierta will open in Chile on June 23, 2007 at the Cineteca Nacional of the Moneda Palace in Santiago, Chile as part of a film series on “memory” sponsored by the Goethe Institut-Santiago.
Memoria Desierta will be shown on both June 23rd and 28th together with the German documentary from 1974 on Chacabuco and Pisagua […]

Here it is, a 5 minute trailer subtitled into English of Memoria Desierta (English title: Deserted Memory). Enjoy!
WATCH TRAILER
5 minutes subtitled into English of Memoria Desierta.
Large File - Small File (not recommended for English speakers reading subtitles)
More videos to come in June (all subtitled into English… by the way, this is what takes so long, […]

We’re proud to announce the first public United States screening of the Chacabuco Project’s documentary film Deserted Memory, in San Francisco, California, at the Red Poppy Art House.
When
Thursday, January 25, 2007. 7:00 PM. Doors open at 6:30. Suggested $10 donation to the Red Poppy.
Where
Red Poppy Art House
2698 Folsom St.
SF, CA 94110
Phone: 415.826.2402
Website: www.redpoppyarthouse.org/contact.html
Hope to See […]

First off, news on the final events of 2006: Deserted Memory had its world premiere at the UN sponsored Desert Nights ‘Tales from the Desert’ International Film Festival in Rome, Italy on December 1, 2006. To see the documentary featured, Download a copy of the festival catalog.
I (Niles) went to Rome and presented the documentary […]

Saturday, November 11th at a public school in Santiago, Chile, about 150 ex-political prisoners of Chacabuco and their families show up for a reunion lunch. Chacabuco opened its gates as a concentration camp on November 9, 1973 and every year the “Chacabucanos” (as they call themselves) meet to have lunch and reminisce about the not-so-good […]

So the documentary Deserted Memory has officially been accepted to the International Film Festival Desert Nights - Tales from the Desert taking place at Casa del Cinema in Rome, Italy December 1 - 7, 2006. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) declared this year, 2006, the International Year of Deserts and Desertification (IYDD). A […]

Since leaving off last, editing has been fierce. It’s paid off — the first complete cut of the documentary Deserted Memory is finished, the film has been translated into English and the subtitling will be finished by tomorrow afternoon.
Starting tomorrow, we’ll be submitting the documentary to various film festivals, and rounding up a list of […]