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Patricio Guzmán obituary: documentary chronicler of Chile’s turbulent political history

In films such as The Battle of Chile trilogy and Nostalgia for the Light, Guzmán returned again and again to the wounds left by Chile’s 1973 coup, creating a body of work that fused political testimony, personal memory and cosmic reflection into a profound meditation on history and loss.

By Michael Chanan

Patricio Guzmán obituary: documentary chronicler of Chile’s turbulent political history