The Captives
(Las cautivas)
Natalia Maysundo Gil | Documentary
2022 | 90 minutes | Chile, Peru
A young filmmaker returns to Arica to explore contested borders, family memory, and identity shaped by the divide between Peru and Chile.
Synopsis
Director Natalia Maysundo Gil embarks on a journey in search of her identity. Her great-grandparents lived in Arica when new borders were imposed between Peru and Chile, dividing their descendants between the two nations. As she returns to this contested land and questions official narratives, Natalia discovers, in the intimate memories of its people, a story that also belongs to her.
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Pragda subjects
Culture + Identity
Education
Exile
Geography
History
International Relations
Latin American Studies
Political Science
Race + Ethnicity
South America
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Festivals
Lima Film Festival; AricaDoc Festival; Gollut Film Festival; Paris Peruvian Film Festival; Peruvian Film Festival in Madrid
DIRECTOR: Natalia Maysundo Gil
NATIONALITY: Chile, Peru
YEAR: 2022
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: Spanish
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adult
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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