Chile's Social Uprising: An Interview with Nick MacWiliam, Director of 'Santiago Rising' – Sounds and Colours
Chile’s Social Uprising: An Interview with Nick MacWiliam, Director of ‘Santiago Rising’ By Chris Paul | 20 February, 2021 The documentary Santiago Rising(2021, dir. Nick MacWilliam) looks at recent protests in Santiago de Chile and the government response that sent shockwaves across the world. What started as a student demonstration against a hike in metro fares in 2019 spread to wider protests against the social and economic inequality in the country. An early adopter of neo-liberalism under the rule of General Pinochet (1973 – 1990), Chile went through a mass privatisation prog...
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