
Your Turn
2019

Representation Score
Excellent
2022
Director
Patricio Guzmán
Runtime
83 minutes
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Patricio Guzmán’s documentary provides a deep look into Chilean national identity using a post-colonial lens. It challenges official state narratives and centers the voices of those affected by systemic repression and military dictatorship. The film’s strength lies in its systemic critique and its exploration of how geography and memory shape national consciousness. However, its focus on macro-political history means it lacks specific representation for individual identities, such as LGBTQ+ or disability.
Category Breakdown
The film avoids focusing on specific LGBTQ+ stories and instead looks at broader political issues related to human rights and macro-political history.
The film avoids gender hierarchies by focusing on a collective historical subject. It critiques the idea of state-sponsored masculinity and military authority as sources of national trauma.
The film uses a post-colonial perspective to examine how indigenous and Western influences shape Chilean identity. It presents a diverse range of social identities rather than a uniform norm.
The documentary highlights the struggles of the people over official state myths and monuments by critiquing Western institutional stability and capitalist structures.
The film does not specifically address visible or invisible disabilities. Instead, it uses the concept of the 'body politic' as a metaphor for trauma but does not represent disability as a distinct category.
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Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
This documentary explores the protests that exploded onto the streets of Chile’s capital of Santiago in 2019 as the population demanded more democracy and social equality around education, healthcare and job opportunities.

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