| Films of Patricio Guzmán: Now Streaming on Docuseek (Essential documentary films for higher education )  Join Docuseek in honoring master Chilean documentarian, Patricio Guzmán, who passed away last week at age 85. In remembrance, Docuseek, in concert with distributing partner Icarus Films and streaming partner Ovid.tv, are making his filmography available to watch for free until 6 PM EDT on Friday, September 25, 2026, in the US and Canada. The IUB Libraries provides access to all of the films listed below. Born in Santiago de Chile in 1941, Guzmán was one of the leading documentary filmmakers in the world. He studied filmmaking at the Film Institute at the Catholic University of Chile and at the Official School of Film in Madrid. After the 1973 Chilean coup, Guzmán left the country and lived in Cuba, Spain and France. Guzmán’s films gave shape to the memory and political conscience of Latin America. In films such as The Battle of Chile trilogy and Nostalgia for the Light, Guzmán returned time and again to Chile to film the wounds left by the 1973 coup that ousted Salvador Allende and to capture its halting recovery from it, creating a body of work that serves as a profound meditation on history and loss. A filmmaker, screenwriter, researcher, theorist, and teacher, Guzmán dedicated over five decades to chronicling the modern history of Chile. Guzmán once wrote that “a country without documentary cinema is like a family without a photo album.” Cinema Tropical writes of his passing, “through his courage, artistic vision, and unwavering moral clarity, he gave Chile—and the world—an irreplaceable album of memory, resistance, and hope.” Six of his films premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and he received the Grand Award from the European Film Academy. Guzmán’s epic body of work is the unprecedented record of one country’s journey. The Films of Patricio Guzmán FREE to the general public until 6PM EDT Friday, September 25, 2026 in the US and Canada The Battle of Chile The epic chronicle of Chile’s open and peaceful socialist revolution, and of the violent counter-revolution against it in 1973. Judy Stone of the San Francisco Chronicle called it a ‘a landmark in the presentation of living history on film.’ (Icarus Films) Chile, Obstinate Memory Guzmán’s landmark film The Battle of Chile (1976) documented the “Popular Unity” period of Salvador Allende’s government, the tumultuous events leading up to the 1973 coup, and Allende’s death. Guzmán has returned to show The Battle of Chile in his homeland for the first time. (Icarus Films) The Cordillera of Dreams Completes a trilogy on Guzmán’s native Chile, and the lasting impact of Pinochet’s coup d’état. (Icarus Films) The First Year Guzmán’s jubilant record of the 12 months following the election of Chile’s first socialist president, Salvador Allende. (Icarus Films) My Imaginary Country An explosive social revolution brought 1.5 million Chileans to their feet. It was the event Guzmán had been waiting for. (Icarus Films) Nostalgia for the Light Guzmán travels to Chile’s Atacama Desert where astronomers examine distant galaxies, archaeologists uncover traces of ancient civilizations, and women dig for the remains of disappeared relatives. (Icarus Films) The Pinochet Case The story of the landmark legal case against General Augusto Pinochet of Chile, before and after his arrest in London in 1998. (Icarus Films) Salvador Allende Guzmán tells Allende’s story, from his youth in Valparaiso and his early career, to his presidency of Chile and death during the coup of September 11, 1973. (Icarus Films) Docuseek streams essential independent, social-issue and environmental documentaries to colleges and universities providing exclusive access to content from Bullfrog Films, Icarus Films (including The Fanlight Collection and dGenerate Films), Women Make Movies, GOOD DOCS, First Hand Films, Collective Eye Films, National Film Board of Canada, First Run Features, Kartemquin Films, KimStim, MediaStorm, Scorpion TV, Terra Nova Films, Viewpoint Productions, The Films of Anand Patwardhan, Cinétévé, Tecolote Films, Strange Attractions, Clarity Films, AndanaFilms, 371 Productions, Dutch CORE, Autlook, Distrib Films, Lightdox, Sudu Connexion, EPF Media, Means TV, Tikkun Olam Productions, Watermelon Pictures, Dance Camera West, Cinema Politica, Impronta Films, BayView Entertainment, Green Planet Films, Hypnotic Pictures, Ideas Roadshow, Journeyman Pictures, Nerds Make Media, Ideas Roadshow, The Video Project, Pragda and Global Environmental Justice (GEJ) Documentaries. Submitted on behalf of Elena Wayne with minor edits by Media Services. Elena can be reached at (847) 537-0606 or ewayne@docuseek2.com. |
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