Primera (2021) Movie Script
I dont feel like Im a part of
I feel like a foreigner in Chile.
It feels like Im visiting a place
Im going to stay in the streets though.
I feel I have to be there.
If I want to change the system, I have
The powers in Chile feel threatened,
they're worried that their neoliberal
Were a threat to the five percent
A threat to the foreign and international
Where can you find community?
Where can you voice your opinions?
Hug someone? Cry?
On the streets.
Its where we all met.
When you make the decision
and you confront the police
you have to assume that there
Dangerous risks.
As a human being and as Chilean citizen,
Can you live with the consequences?
Chile is extending the state of emergency
This week there were 19 deaths and more
Nearly 3,000 people were detained.
This really came as a shock to the
that things would get so volatile
that looks to be stable in Latin America.
Theres a saying: What you dont share
I guess at some point in my life,
someone made me conscious of what people
I'm trying to raise consciousness
so we can learn how we got here and
Everything has an origin.
This has been unfolding for decades.
Across the country, there is
The police have always oppressed us.
The street artist has been
During the dictatorship they enacted laws
from expressing ourselves in public.
We are slaves to a capitalist system.
You wake up at 5 am to go to work,
and when you get home,
We live in a system that is so demanding,
that it prohibits you from
They come singing, they all come!
the mother of this town,
Virgin of the mountains,
to all the pilgrims who have come
Virgin of the mountains,
our people have come to worship you!
I was waiting for you.
Hes so funny
He was playing his instrument
I became pregnant at 17.
My grandmother and mother
I went to live at a Christian shelter.
I left my daughter in their care while
Eventually, I was able to make enough
Thats when I realized
It helped me raise my daughter
The Virgin comes out to take a stroll,
she leaves miracles as she passes,
The Virgin comes out to take a stroll,
she leaves miracles as she passes,
According to the government
the metro fare in Santiago
This will affect 2.8 million people
On October 18th, I was singing
The students had taken over the station
The students had blocked the turnstiles.
So the police shut down
Today things turned violent...
as the evade-the-fare protests continued
The students were chanting:
Evade, dont pay! Its another way
Evade, dont pay. Its another way
The people have awakened.
These are young kids and...
theyre putting in danger old ladies
Kids, this isnt going anywhere.
Youre not that tough.
You havent earned the support
Student protesters have always
We cover our faces and were criminalized.
When we took to the streets,
Thats what triggered everything.
The slogan became, "30 pesos,
This was about class discrimination.
As students, the increase of the 30 pesos
But it did affect our families
We knew this would impact the financial
Were at war with a powerful enemy
and is willing to use violence
Were calling for respect.
Weve made great investments in the metro.
The destruction which we have
The uprising began because this
have failed to respond to the needs
We can no longer deal with rising costs in
Our salaries cannot cover these expenses.
This had never happened
The nation was in support
You could hear people banging pots
This generation of young people...
inspired an entire nation to come
October 18th.
The entire nation awakened.
Today, its us. The people.
We renamed the plaza,
Because dignity is what
Mr. President: Any self-criticism on how
I have many.
This doesnt only pertain
This problem has been brewing for decades.
Nobody predicted that this would happen.
Our economy has been
Within Latin America, our economy has
We have been able to reduce inequality.
The issue in Chile is not one of
Its about frustration.
The majority of Chileans are owners.
We own our house and two apartments.
The neoliberal model in Chile
We cannot lose ourselves.
Were in a grave situation. This feels
It looks like we will have to diminish our
Look at this line...
I dont want my children to grow up in a
I dont want them to be discriminated
One of the biggest challenges is...
being able to provide my children with
They found a tumor on the
And its cancer.
I dont have the money
When my body collapses, thats when
and thats how I get medication
I dont have any other options. This is
Are you gonna have tea?
I was born during an era of transition,
At the dinner table, we would always
My father always supported the military.
In 1973, he was drafted
My aunts, on the other hand,
They would tell me that human rights
Neighbor, come out and protest for the
Free the political prisoners!
There's impunity in this country.
It's the strength behind the police
They can make you disappear, rape you,
and nothing will happen to them.
This was inherited from the
No democracy can rise up without
As the days went by, the
Everyone came out to the streets.
Everyone, except political organizations.
We didnt trust the political class.
They were the ones who had created the
And they continued doing so.
We also noticed that with each passing day
These motherfuckers are shooting!
We have initiated a State of Emergency.
It will allow our armed forces to
in order to protect your lives,
your tranquility, your security
Things continued to unfold...
By now, the First Line
The First Line was a group of young people
We weren't going to allow the police
We would bear the brunt of police attacks
Everyone on the First Line cheered
We came from different neighborhoods.
In a different context we might
We were now united.
The rest are at Parque Bustamante...
Careful... they might box us in.
Theyre coming in from the other corner
Motherfuckers!
You fucking bastards!
We all knew our purpose
We understood why we needed
Because behind us,
our communities were standing
Were at the Sotero del Rio Hospital.
This is the young woman who appeared in
Camila was shot seven times by
who then dragged her body to the precinct,
It was a very hostile environment.
Since the student protests
the cops responded with violence.
The cops started shooting
I was watching how things unfolded and
and shoots me.
Then two cops approached and choked me.
They threw pepper spray at me,
hold onto a fence near a construction
These assholes are known for raping
That was my biggest worry.
I didnt want to be jailed. We knew
I screamed as loud as I could.
On my way to the precinct all I kept
and the bills I had to pay
I thought I had reached the end.
Youre as beautiful as a pearl...
You should never go hungry...
Whenever I look at you my queen...
I know you are destined
Camila and I were friends on Facebook.
She posted: Please help me.
I have been detained and theyre charging
I am injured, I am bleeding.
They havent provided me
It had an impact on me, as a mother.
I thought of my own daughter. If something
I would hope that there was
My reaction was innate.
I reached out to everyone in my network...
and mobilized them to help get her out,
Finally, around 5 pm we learned
in the care of human rights observers.
- Brotherthe screw.
- Can you get the ones in the backpack?
- The top pocket.
- The other side
- Thats why it wouldnt go through
- Its good to go.
The first few months were very intense.
We hit the streets on October 18th.
At first, we used lemons and baking soda.
Those were the first elements we used.
We had to adapt quickly.
We encountered people that had been tear
There was no transportation available.
People would tell us that police aimed
Some people were hit on the chin. People
The following days it got
These are some of the things
Here, we have a hand-administered
This is the tear gas bullet
These are the so-called pellets.
This one is covered with rubber.
These smaller one were the ones
They were the most common
During the initial days of the uprising,
We treated five, six people daily.
Im not going to stay home.
And its not because Im looking to die.
I love life and I love my children.
Its bigger than that.
And I learned this in the streets,
that it wasn't just me.
It was all of us.
And if this meant that
...proudly.
On October 28th I was with the First Line.
My job was to cut the poles that hold the
while other members built barricades...
to prevent the tanks from
I looked above our barricade,
and thats when I saw the police officer.
He was holding a teargas shotgun.
The last thing I remember
I felt this incredible blow to my face.
I was lifted off the ground, and the
Brother, are you alright?
They stopped a car and took me
When I got there, the doctor showed me a
He told me it was a serious injury.
I was sad.
I felt anguish.
Im a welder.
I need my eyes to be a welder.
I asked the doctor to be honest with me.
You will no longer be able to see
The injury has expanded and...
has extracted an excessive amount
We have to close it.
My daughter asked me, Dad,
I tried to explain to her...
that the government didnt like that we
And the way that they show
by sending the police to hurt us.
This meant that the police could shoot us.
Are you bored?
Ok, thank you.
Love you!
Preference?
My daughter told me that she
and that I should take care of myself.
At that moment, this made sense to me.
Unfortunately, our president
condemning the protesters as violent
Yet, he never mentioned our demands
Ive developed a close relationship
Whenever you date someone with children,
you pay close attention to how
With everything that Felipe has endured,
Hello. They told me to come here because
But for some reason, my social security
- Let me take a look
- You dont have a registered
- Can you explain why youre interested
- You seem to have a lot
I can no longer work in the mines.
Im looking to get into refrigerator work.
It doesnt require working alongside
Its also something that I can do visually
It does not pose any risks
- I can activate your network card.
Thats not what I need.
I need the social security card
- The social security card
I understand
But I didn't come for that. I came for
so I can register for a training course
- Theres a deadline,
but we would have to send everything
- Then we can activate your card,
and hopefully you can provide the medical
- This will show that you qualify
based on what happened to you.
We always run the risk of being persecuted
more so than being protected by it.
Our healthcare, education, and retirement
Unfortunately, the system does not allow
Now that we are fighting for our rights we
If tomorrow I have to die...
as a result of fighting for
Then Im going to die with dignity.
When we entered the hospital, the
We didnt do it mam. Just in case,
The person who shot my son
Before my son fell, they shot Rolando
So there was already one person on the
No, they wanted to shoot
Im not asking anybody for money.
Im only asking what any mother in my
Give me the peace I need.
Cesar told us that he had been detained
My parents received a call
where they were informed that my brother
We headed straight to the
I thought they would show us the
They only showed us clips, including
You could see a bulky shape behind him.
I asked, Whats that behind him?
The office replied, Oh, thats
So youre telling me that my brother took
then proceeded to hang himself
and this other detainee did not hear
My brother was murdered.
The cops from the 56th precinct
The independent media documents...
the reality of what is happening
Our mission is to stand by the people...
and call out the repression
Raise your hands, hold your underwear
Supposedly, it was going to be
But these days nothing ever
You have to be prepared for anything.
You have to protect yourself. The cops are
I sent the group the names of everyone
Wait, give me a minute. Theres a new
Ill ask
Theres a lawyer named Claudio...
who offered his help in case they dont
When the uprising began we researched...
the scientific properties of the
We encountered an incredible surprise.
The pellets contained a
which is potentially cancer-inducing.
Theyre not made out of rubber.
a hard polymer used for hunting.
The studies also revealed that...
the pressurized water used to disperse
The water is actually mixed with a
which is normally used to treat corpses.
And this causes irritation
With respect to the tear gas,
that police should aim towards the sky
No one should be losing their
from tear gas guns pointed
Felipes demand against the State
We are dealing with a judge
Our investigation is focusing
Weve secured photos from that day
We have to continue to dig.
Abortion Yes! Abortion No!
The State has always treated women
in every sense of the word.
The ones who earn less and work more.
The one who has two jobs and
The one who is attacked
The State says it's creating laws to
it's not.
And our punishment is the violence
It wasnt my fault, it wasn't
Youre the rapist!
Youre the rapist!
Youre the rapist!
Whats good sister!
I remember going out after I got shot,
I threw a rock and they shot me on my arm.
I now look at Angy and I get scared.
I cant believe I used to be
I see her with her bare stomach...
and I worry that she is exposing
I tell her to be careful, but
Thankfully, nothing has happened to her,
As much as I want to return, my
My defense system tells me, No!
Mamis Capucha, committed to the struggle!
The Hooded Mothers are a group of women
to respond to the abuse people face
Our goal is simple: protect.
Prior to the social uprising, none of us
Weve become a family.
My colleagues are spectacular women.
If we can save one person from
weve done something important.
We cover our faces because the
We cover our faces, not out of fear
We do it so they wont
Its clear that the police repression
They protect us as if they
They obtain the medical supplies for the
There isn't any state or private sector
Everything is done through an
We raise money by selling clothes and
Trauma, ocular trauma... the cops shoot us
There they are, they're the ones
Justice and truth against impunity!
Justice and truth against impunity!
We believe that in this nation,
It hasnt stopped, its brutal and we
There are 405 victims of ocular trauma.
There are several people here who do not
and cannot get proper care.
The ones who do have public health
How can this be? It is the State that is
The State should cover all their
Its the States responsibility.
According to the protocol,
whenever one arrives at the
the hospital must inform the police
Without police consent the hospital cannot
When I arrived at the hospital,
I was there for two days and did
No x-rays, no pain medication, nothing.
The surgeons refused to remove
Last week I suffered a crisis.
I thought about suicide. Things I had
I am forty years-old.
I have a seventeen year-old son
I battle constantly with depression.
Maybe because he prescribed
that helps me alleviate the pain.
I am frustrated and angry.
Were here today to present criminal
Fellas! Lets advance! Theyre
Let them have it!
Piera, you motherfucker, you're a
Im here to fight for better healthcare,
Because I work and earn
My mother cant survive on her pension.
Im tired of living on the margins
Its overwhelming.
I think the majority of street vendors
if we could be assured that the money
quality healthcare, education
If only the taxes could be invested in
It's a fight against neoliberalism
Since the beginning of time,
all they have done is robbed Latin America
Chile is one of the few countries
that does not recognize
They dont exist in the
The foreigners discriminate against us
They have taken our land away from us.
As Mapuches, its necessary
As we regain our lands, we wind up
Here, there are murders, mistreatment
All because we have recuperated land
The State is responsible for all this.
The police officer who shot Brandon Hernan
Huentecol, a Mapuche youth two years ago,
was only convicted on the
Brandon survived to tell his story.
Leaders who oppose extractivism
One such leader was Macarena Valdes.
It has been three years since
The middle of Chiles social uprising
the one year anniversary of the
Today, his death today has become a
For the unity of the people!
For the unity of Wallmapu!
Camilo Catrillanca was one of the
He launched a very powerful
The foreigners knew who he was
The police also knew it.
The police planned his murder.
They set him up.
If he were alive, he would have been
He inspired so many young people
That was Camilo.
During the uprising at Plaza Dignidad,
the images of Camilo and the Mapuche
He helped inspire the entire nation.
We are now experiencing what the Mapuche
The people are under military control.
And the only way to resolve it is to
They care more about their supermarkets
They kill us every fucking day!
Weve been sexually harassed in the
It's over motherfuckers!
Sisters! Rise up!!
Why the hell is there money for cops
We ask that you come out and protest,
But take care of yourselves! Protect your
Bitch! Whore! But Ill never be a cop!
If you dont jump, youre a cop!
There is only one uniform.
Whether it is a man or a woman.
Here, that uniform has lost all respect.
For me, the First Line has more honor
As an active participant in this
that the television treats the cops
Who does more harm? Us with rocks?
They protected everybody.
They had the courage to pick up stones
in the most lopsided way possible.
The cops went crazy.
Crazy...
They were allowed to do
Help! Help!
Today we must unite around three urgent
First: an agreement of peace,
that allows us to categorically
Second, this will allow us to rapidly
A Chile with more equality
A Chile with more equal opportunities
And third
an agreement for a new constitution
through a national plebiscite
so that citizens can participate
this new constitution and have
this new social pact that Chile needs.
The entire world and also Chile...
are facing the worst sanitary catastrophe
It requires a necessary and
between our armed forces
We will set up security controls and
There will be a national curfew
People are no longer protesting
Plaza Dignidad is empty.
There's a curfew.
The social uprising and protests
Yet the government has continued its
It has refused to release bonuses
and provide them with
The law is not applied equally.
As of today 259,063 people have tested
The death toll for the virus has
A moment ago, the Sub Secretary
announced that there is a list of products
This means that Chileans will only
to buy the products on this list.
These measures are creating
Is the government using a serious
Being locked in gives you
Since youre no longer active, you feel
The neurologist still hasnt seen me.
I've been waiting five months
I live in a country with a
And it has become worse with Covid.
Theyre manipulating everything.
This will be a reason why
This country doesnt lift up the dead.
As long as Chile exists,
We will die fighting! We will never
The plebiscite which was originally
will be postponed.
This decision became inevitable with
Its expected that this Thursday a new
A highly anticipated date for Chileans...
to vote on whether or not to ratify
We haven't won anything.
Just more people dead, mutilated more
We haven't won anything.
They open the malls and schools,
Its so stupid.
People are standing in long lines outside
and they cant hold a plebiscite...
that will change things in this country.
Can anyone deny that theyre manipulating
It doesn't make sense.
Its incredible. Living in Chile
Come on! What's really
Motherfuckin' cops!
Run!
After several hours of negotiations,
Congress has announced that an agreement
The plebiscite which was originally
will now be held on October 25th
We are seeing the weaknesses
And the people are noticing.
All those people that claimed we were
or because we were criminals
havent gotten anything from Piera.
They rescheduled the plebiscite.
They are fearful.
Fearful of an economic collapse.
And now that were unemployed, our motto
We need someone to glue the sponge.
- The comrade will do the cutting.
- The ones that are ready
We formed a group called the First
We started to sanitize and clean
With the help of many people...
we have gathered enough equipment
The First Line of Health has supported us
and in the fight against the system.
Its up to us to support them in
Under the quarantine, people that have
or who have gone to college stay at home.
Were the ones holding down the country,
The same people who are always
The ones that have been segregated are
They never stopped working.
And its not because they
the system forced them.
We have to hurry up. The curfew restricts
We can alleviate hunger
But people still need help paying
People are being kicked out
Comrade...
Take it...
Enjoy your meal comrade! Good luck.
Theres plenty...
Many people are in need.
About 90% of the people here are
The State is not helping them at all.
Our function is to feed people.
The State feels it doesn't have the
The common pot was created out of the
I still got an arrest warrant.
House arrest?
Yeah I have to be at home at night.
And thats because of fines that you owe?
No, its from when I beat up this cop.
I was arrested, went through the system
- I got a big belly
Super big belly...
I can see it.
- I didn't have a belly but now I do.
When I found out that I was pregnant
Its shocking still, I look at myself
For me, its been a very calm experience.
Beautiful...
At first I was nervous because
Then again we have always been
But I felt very powerful.
I didn't sink in until they gave me the
And I
I began to think of November 5th. You know
At this time last year, I was on
and now Im going to be a mom
and everything is so different.
It took some time for me to confront this,
and there's not a day that I don't think
my body, the rubber bullets inside me, my
And now I can't be as
Its a feeling of desperation, like
Who knows if this will be my future,
It feels good to know
My coworkers will say
For me, it proves that I have the
That cop did not defeat me.
Lately we have had many infiltrators.
We went to support a friend who was
and when we were leaving three cops
They knew what I did at Plaza Dignidad.
The cops had all my info.
It was a person from the First Line.
An infiltrator.
A person who was at my house,
Today, as a woman I don't feel safe.
Because...
in this country, they defend the aggressor
Is this the makeup you want?
Lets see.
My seven year-old daughter continues
She's unconditional with me.
She's lived through some
From the moment the cops attacked me,
Is this the park you come to
- No
Calling Patti from the Mamis Capucha
$1000 pesos, each number.
Its been a year since the incident,
seeing a psychologist.
And it's because Felipe moved on it.
She has to talk about things that a young
Shes coping with the impactof seeing her
His injury, the stitches.
The cop who shot Felipe didn't
This will be part of Violetas childhood.
I've explained to that her dad does not
Im no longer on the First Line.
I protest in a different way now.
Push the button, now talk.
On October 25th, you have to go vote!
On October 25th
October 25th... vote Approval!
Good afternoon everyone.
Good afternoon neighbors...
Were a little anxious, yet happy
This is a crucial week for our country
for everyone... all of Latin America.
The best way we can demonstrate our
is by voting in the plebiscite.
What does the plebiscite entail?
This big machine called the State,
is actually asking us what we want.
Approving the constituent
will allow us to vote for everyday people
Whatever vote we reach, its not about
After the 25th, independent of
its about building a new Chile
Yes, Im in agreement with both of you.
I would ask for a state that...
recognizes the indigenous communities.
I think its time to heed the call...
everything we have, stand firm,
that we, the people, can write this new
Today we gather to commemorate
Piera you coward! You have blood
- Turn it diagonally,
- Its lit!
The people united will never be defeated!
Today, Im more worried about
Im not thinking about the emblematic
More than anything, its a sad day.
Yet, I'm happy that people
and not be scared to be in the
But I hope no one rises. I hope they stay
There will be groups that will rise up.
I really hope they won't.
They will not hesitate to shoot.
The fight isn't against the working class!
- Hey sis,
the elder that's been on this street for
You never know it could be
- Three young guys
Maybe somebody like you
because it looked
- It was three guys.
I also came here and parked
What if someone came and damaged it?
The fight is against the State,
Youre wrong to be on the
The State wants us to remain submissive
It's not convenient for them
There are consequences there are
I've been super emotional lately,
seeing our comrades suffer...
They have been I don't know
Comrade Anibal!
Comrade Anibal!
Comrade Anibal!
When? Now and Forever!
When?
Now and Forever!
Who killed him?
The motherfucking cops!
Who killed him?
The motherfucking cops!
Present... present... present...
- Who killed him?
We thought that the
and the violence would decrease,
Piera already fooled us.
Today he stated that protests are
Theyve been been violating freedom
Its not enough for them to repress
now they want to ban protests altogether.
I dont think theyll reach
At the last protest more than
It was horrible.
Good evening.
Today, Chileans have expressed
Theyve elected to launch a process
to write a new constitution for Chile.
Piera! Motherfucker! You're a murderer
We are witnessing the celebrations
The official tally is in.
Approval has won with 78.24%.
The rejection option garnered 21.76%.
Chile has awakened! Chile has awakened!
Im feeling hot.
I'm nervous.
- Move your head back.
- Several sessions...
- Looks clear...
- Look this way.
- Close.
- Open.
- Look up.
- Down.
- Left.
- Right.
- How does it feel?
I no longer have that pain. But I do have
the sensation that something is in there.
- Please stand up.
Did my eye turn sideways?
- No.
- Did your eye turn sideways?
No.
- Its good right?
Yes.
- Its a little yellow
In my personal life, I want to be a better
I know I have a long way to go.
Open it! Open it!
This song is dedicated to our
Theyre fighting for their lands.
We have been fighting for a year...
and they keep violating the rights
Arauco is expressing itself,
Fighting for justice,
Fighting for justice, for the freedom
I want my people
I want my race
to never forget...
I want dignity...
I feel like a foreigner in Chile.
It feels like Im visiting a place
Im going to stay in the streets though.
I feel I have to be there.
If I want to change the system, I have
The powers in Chile feel threatened,
they're worried that their neoliberal
Were a threat to the five percent
A threat to the foreign and international
Where can you find community?
Where can you voice your opinions?
Hug someone? Cry?
On the streets.
Its where we all met.
When you make the decision
and you confront the police
you have to assume that there
Dangerous risks.
As a human being and as Chilean citizen,
Can you live with the consequences?
Chile is extending the state of emergency
This week there were 19 deaths and more
Nearly 3,000 people were detained.
This really came as a shock to the
that things would get so volatile
that looks to be stable in Latin America.
Theres a saying: What you dont share
I guess at some point in my life,
someone made me conscious of what people
I'm trying to raise consciousness
so we can learn how we got here and
Everything has an origin.
This has been unfolding for decades.
Across the country, there is
The police have always oppressed us.
The street artist has been
During the dictatorship they enacted laws
from expressing ourselves in public.
We are slaves to a capitalist system.
You wake up at 5 am to go to work,
and when you get home,
We live in a system that is so demanding,
that it prohibits you from
They come singing, they all come!
the mother of this town,
Virgin of the mountains,
to all the pilgrims who have come
Virgin of the mountains,
our people have come to worship you!
I was waiting for you.
Hes so funny
He was playing his instrument
I became pregnant at 17.
My grandmother and mother
I went to live at a Christian shelter.
I left my daughter in their care while
Eventually, I was able to make enough
Thats when I realized
It helped me raise my daughter
The Virgin comes out to take a stroll,
she leaves miracles as she passes,
The Virgin comes out to take a stroll,
she leaves miracles as she passes,
According to the government
the metro fare in Santiago
This will affect 2.8 million people
On October 18th, I was singing
The students had taken over the station
The students had blocked the turnstiles.
So the police shut down
Today things turned violent...
as the evade-the-fare protests continued
The students were chanting:
Evade, dont pay! Its another way
Evade, dont pay. Its another way
The people have awakened.
These are young kids and...
theyre putting in danger old ladies
Kids, this isnt going anywhere.
Youre not that tough.
You havent earned the support
Student protesters have always
We cover our faces and were criminalized.
When we took to the streets,
Thats what triggered everything.
The slogan became, "30 pesos,
This was about class discrimination.
As students, the increase of the 30 pesos
But it did affect our families
We knew this would impact the financial
Were at war with a powerful enemy
and is willing to use violence
Were calling for respect.
Weve made great investments in the metro.
The destruction which we have
The uprising began because this
have failed to respond to the needs
We can no longer deal with rising costs in
Our salaries cannot cover these expenses.
This had never happened
The nation was in support
You could hear people banging pots
This generation of young people...
inspired an entire nation to come
October 18th.
The entire nation awakened.
Today, its us. The people.
We renamed the plaza,
Because dignity is what
Mr. President: Any self-criticism on how
I have many.
This doesnt only pertain
This problem has been brewing for decades.
Nobody predicted that this would happen.
Our economy has been
Within Latin America, our economy has
We have been able to reduce inequality.
The issue in Chile is not one of
Its about frustration.
The majority of Chileans are owners.
We own our house and two apartments.
The neoliberal model in Chile
We cannot lose ourselves.
Were in a grave situation. This feels
It looks like we will have to diminish our
Look at this line...
I dont want my children to grow up in a
I dont want them to be discriminated
One of the biggest challenges is...
being able to provide my children with
They found a tumor on the
And its cancer.
I dont have the money
When my body collapses, thats when
and thats how I get medication
I dont have any other options. This is
Are you gonna have tea?
I was born during an era of transition,
At the dinner table, we would always
My father always supported the military.
In 1973, he was drafted
My aunts, on the other hand,
They would tell me that human rights
Neighbor, come out and protest for the
Free the political prisoners!
There's impunity in this country.
It's the strength behind the police
They can make you disappear, rape you,
and nothing will happen to them.
This was inherited from the
No democracy can rise up without
As the days went by, the
Everyone came out to the streets.
Everyone, except political organizations.
We didnt trust the political class.
They were the ones who had created the
And they continued doing so.
We also noticed that with each passing day
These motherfuckers are shooting!
We have initiated a State of Emergency.
It will allow our armed forces to
in order to protect your lives,
your tranquility, your security
Things continued to unfold...
By now, the First Line
The First Line was a group of young people
We weren't going to allow the police
We would bear the brunt of police attacks
Everyone on the First Line cheered
We came from different neighborhoods.
In a different context we might
We were now united.
The rest are at Parque Bustamante...
Careful... they might box us in.
Theyre coming in from the other corner
Motherfuckers!
You fucking bastards!
We all knew our purpose
We understood why we needed
Because behind us,
our communities were standing
Were at the Sotero del Rio Hospital.
This is the young woman who appeared in
Camila was shot seven times by
who then dragged her body to the precinct,
It was a very hostile environment.
Since the student protests
the cops responded with violence.
The cops started shooting
I was watching how things unfolded and
and shoots me.
Then two cops approached and choked me.
They threw pepper spray at me,
hold onto a fence near a construction
These assholes are known for raping
That was my biggest worry.
I didnt want to be jailed. We knew
I screamed as loud as I could.
On my way to the precinct all I kept
and the bills I had to pay
I thought I had reached the end.
Youre as beautiful as a pearl...
You should never go hungry...
Whenever I look at you my queen...
I know you are destined
Camila and I were friends on Facebook.
She posted: Please help me.
I have been detained and theyre charging
I am injured, I am bleeding.
They havent provided me
It had an impact on me, as a mother.
I thought of my own daughter. If something
I would hope that there was
My reaction was innate.
I reached out to everyone in my network...
and mobilized them to help get her out,
Finally, around 5 pm we learned
in the care of human rights observers.
- Brotherthe screw.
- Can you get the ones in the backpack?
- The top pocket.
- The other side
- Thats why it wouldnt go through
- Its good to go.
The first few months were very intense.
We hit the streets on October 18th.
At first, we used lemons and baking soda.
Those were the first elements we used.
We had to adapt quickly.
We encountered people that had been tear
There was no transportation available.
People would tell us that police aimed
Some people were hit on the chin. People
The following days it got
These are some of the things
Here, we have a hand-administered
This is the tear gas bullet
These are the so-called pellets.
This one is covered with rubber.
These smaller one were the ones
They were the most common
During the initial days of the uprising,
We treated five, six people daily.
Im not going to stay home.
And its not because Im looking to die.
I love life and I love my children.
Its bigger than that.
And I learned this in the streets,
that it wasn't just me.
It was all of us.
And if this meant that
...proudly.
On October 28th I was with the First Line.
My job was to cut the poles that hold the
while other members built barricades...
to prevent the tanks from
I looked above our barricade,
and thats when I saw the police officer.
He was holding a teargas shotgun.
The last thing I remember
I felt this incredible blow to my face.
I was lifted off the ground, and the
Brother, are you alright?
They stopped a car and took me
When I got there, the doctor showed me a
He told me it was a serious injury.
I was sad.
I felt anguish.
Im a welder.
I need my eyes to be a welder.
I asked the doctor to be honest with me.
You will no longer be able to see
The injury has expanded and...
has extracted an excessive amount
We have to close it.
My daughter asked me, Dad,
I tried to explain to her...
that the government didnt like that we
And the way that they show
by sending the police to hurt us.
This meant that the police could shoot us.
Are you bored?
Ok, thank you.
Love you!
Preference?
My daughter told me that she
and that I should take care of myself.
At that moment, this made sense to me.
Unfortunately, our president
condemning the protesters as violent
Yet, he never mentioned our demands
Ive developed a close relationship
Whenever you date someone with children,
you pay close attention to how
With everything that Felipe has endured,
Hello. They told me to come here because
But for some reason, my social security
- Let me take a look
- You dont have a registered
- Can you explain why youre interested
- You seem to have a lot
I can no longer work in the mines.
Im looking to get into refrigerator work.
It doesnt require working alongside
Its also something that I can do visually
It does not pose any risks
- I can activate your network card.
Thats not what I need.
I need the social security card
- The social security card
I understand
But I didn't come for that. I came for
so I can register for a training course
- Theres a deadline,
but we would have to send everything
- Then we can activate your card,
and hopefully you can provide the medical
- This will show that you qualify
based on what happened to you.
We always run the risk of being persecuted
more so than being protected by it.
Our healthcare, education, and retirement
Unfortunately, the system does not allow
Now that we are fighting for our rights we
If tomorrow I have to die...
as a result of fighting for
Then Im going to die with dignity.
When we entered the hospital, the
We didnt do it mam. Just in case,
The person who shot my son
Before my son fell, they shot Rolando
So there was already one person on the
No, they wanted to shoot
Im not asking anybody for money.
Im only asking what any mother in my
Give me the peace I need.
Cesar told us that he had been detained
My parents received a call
where they were informed that my brother
We headed straight to the
I thought they would show us the
They only showed us clips, including
You could see a bulky shape behind him.
I asked, Whats that behind him?
The office replied, Oh, thats
So youre telling me that my brother took
then proceeded to hang himself
and this other detainee did not hear
My brother was murdered.
The cops from the 56th precinct
The independent media documents...
the reality of what is happening
Our mission is to stand by the people...
and call out the repression
Raise your hands, hold your underwear
Supposedly, it was going to be
But these days nothing ever
You have to be prepared for anything.
You have to protect yourself. The cops are
I sent the group the names of everyone
Wait, give me a minute. Theres a new
Ill ask
Theres a lawyer named Claudio...
who offered his help in case they dont
When the uprising began we researched...
the scientific properties of the
We encountered an incredible surprise.
The pellets contained a
which is potentially cancer-inducing.
Theyre not made out of rubber.
a hard polymer used for hunting.
The studies also revealed that...
the pressurized water used to disperse
The water is actually mixed with a
which is normally used to treat corpses.
And this causes irritation
With respect to the tear gas,
that police should aim towards the sky
No one should be losing their
from tear gas guns pointed
Felipes demand against the State
We are dealing with a judge
Our investigation is focusing
Weve secured photos from that day
We have to continue to dig.
Abortion Yes! Abortion No!
The State has always treated women
in every sense of the word.
The ones who earn less and work more.
The one who has two jobs and
The one who is attacked
The State says it's creating laws to
it's not.
And our punishment is the violence
It wasnt my fault, it wasn't
Youre the rapist!
Youre the rapist!
Youre the rapist!
Whats good sister!
I remember going out after I got shot,
I threw a rock and they shot me on my arm.
I now look at Angy and I get scared.
I cant believe I used to be
I see her with her bare stomach...
and I worry that she is exposing
I tell her to be careful, but
Thankfully, nothing has happened to her,
As much as I want to return, my
My defense system tells me, No!
Mamis Capucha, committed to the struggle!
The Hooded Mothers are a group of women
to respond to the abuse people face
Our goal is simple: protect.
Prior to the social uprising, none of us
Weve become a family.
My colleagues are spectacular women.
If we can save one person from
weve done something important.
We cover our faces because the
We cover our faces, not out of fear
We do it so they wont
Its clear that the police repression
They protect us as if they
They obtain the medical supplies for the
There isn't any state or private sector
Everything is done through an
We raise money by selling clothes and
Trauma, ocular trauma... the cops shoot us
There they are, they're the ones
Justice and truth against impunity!
Justice and truth against impunity!
We believe that in this nation,
It hasnt stopped, its brutal and we
There are 405 victims of ocular trauma.
There are several people here who do not
and cannot get proper care.
The ones who do have public health
How can this be? It is the State that is
The State should cover all their
Its the States responsibility.
According to the protocol,
whenever one arrives at the
the hospital must inform the police
Without police consent the hospital cannot
When I arrived at the hospital,
I was there for two days and did
No x-rays, no pain medication, nothing.
The surgeons refused to remove
Last week I suffered a crisis.
I thought about suicide. Things I had
I am forty years-old.
I have a seventeen year-old son
I battle constantly with depression.
Maybe because he prescribed
that helps me alleviate the pain.
I am frustrated and angry.
Were here today to present criminal
Fellas! Lets advance! Theyre
Let them have it!
Piera, you motherfucker, you're a
Im here to fight for better healthcare,
Because I work and earn
My mother cant survive on her pension.
Im tired of living on the margins
Its overwhelming.
I think the majority of street vendors
if we could be assured that the money
quality healthcare, education
If only the taxes could be invested in
It's a fight against neoliberalism
Since the beginning of time,
all they have done is robbed Latin America
Chile is one of the few countries
that does not recognize
They dont exist in the
The foreigners discriminate against us
They have taken our land away from us.
As Mapuches, its necessary
As we regain our lands, we wind up
Here, there are murders, mistreatment
All because we have recuperated land
The State is responsible for all this.
The police officer who shot Brandon Hernan
Huentecol, a Mapuche youth two years ago,
was only convicted on the
Brandon survived to tell his story.
Leaders who oppose extractivism
One such leader was Macarena Valdes.
It has been three years since
The middle of Chiles social uprising
the one year anniversary of the
Today, his death today has become a
For the unity of the people!
For the unity of Wallmapu!
Camilo Catrillanca was one of the
He launched a very powerful
The foreigners knew who he was
The police also knew it.
The police planned his murder.
They set him up.
If he were alive, he would have been
He inspired so many young people
That was Camilo.
During the uprising at Plaza Dignidad,
the images of Camilo and the Mapuche
He helped inspire the entire nation.
We are now experiencing what the Mapuche
The people are under military control.
And the only way to resolve it is to
They care more about their supermarkets
They kill us every fucking day!
Weve been sexually harassed in the
It's over motherfuckers!
Sisters! Rise up!!
Why the hell is there money for cops
We ask that you come out and protest,
But take care of yourselves! Protect your
Bitch! Whore! But Ill never be a cop!
If you dont jump, youre a cop!
There is only one uniform.
Whether it is a man or a woman.
Here, that uniform has lost all respect.
For me, the First Line has more honor
As an active participant in this
that the television treats the cops
Who does more harm? Us with rocks?
They protected everybody.
They had the courage to pick up stones
in the most lopsided way possible.
The cops went crazy.
Crazy...
They were allowed to do
Help! Help!
Today we must unite around three urgent
First: an agreement of peace,
that allows us to categorically
Second, this will allow us to rapidly
A Chile with more equality
A Chile with more equal opportunities
And third
an agreement for a new constitution
through a national plebiscite
so that citizens can participate
this new constitution and have
this new social pact that Chile needs.
The entire world and also Chile...
are facing the worst sanitary catastrophe
It requires a necessary and
between our armed forces
We will set up security controls and
There will be a national curfew
People are no longer protesting
Plaza Dignidad is empty.
There's a curfew.
The social uprising and protests
Yet the government has continued its
It has refused to release bonuses
and provide them with
The law is not applied equally.
As of today 259,063 people have tested
The death toll for the virus has
A moment ago, the Sub Secretary
announced that there is a list of products
This means that Chileans will only
to buy the products on this list.
These measures are creating
Is the government using a serious
Being locked in gives you
Since youre no longer active, you feel
The neurologist still hasnt seen me.
I've been waiting five months
I live in a country with a
And it has become worse with Covid.
Theyre manipulating everything.
This will be a reason why
This country doesnt lift up the dead.
As long as Chile exists,
We will die fighting! We will never
The plebiscite which was originally
will be postponed.
This decision became inevitable with
Its expected that this Thursday a new
A highly anticipated date for Chileans...
to vote on whether or not to ratify
We haven't won anything.
Just more people dead, mutilated more
We haven't won anything.
They open the malls and schools,
Its so stupid.
People are standing in long lines outside
and they cant hold a plebiscite...
that will change things in this country.
Can anyone deny that theyre manipulating
It doesn't make sense.
Its incredible. Living in Chile
Come on! What's really
Motherfuckin' cops!
Run!
After several hours of negotiations,
Congress has announced that an agreement
The plebiscite which was originally
will now be held on October 25th
We are seeing the weaknesses
And the people are noticing.
All those people that claimed we were
or because we were criminals
havent gotten anything from Piera.
They rescheduled the plebiscite.
They are fearful.
Fearful of an economic collapse.
And now that were unemployed, our motto
We need someone to glue the sponge.
- The comrade will do the cutting.
- The ones that are ready
We formed a group called the First
We started to sanitize and clean
With the help of many people...
we have gathered enough equipment
The First Line of Health has supported us
and in the fight against the system.
Its up to us to support them in
Under the quarantine, people that have
or who have gone to college stay at home.
Were the ones holding down the country,
The same people who are always
The ones that have been segregated are
They never stopped working.
And its not because they
the system forced them.
We have to hurry up. The curfew restricts
We can alleviate hunger
But people still need help paying
People are being kicked out
Comrade...
Take it...
Enjoy your meal comrade! Good luck.
Theres plenty...
Many people are in need.
About 90% of the people here are
The State is not helping them at all.
Our function is to feed people.
The State feels it doesn't have the
The common pot was created out of the
I still got an arrest warrant.
House arrest?
Yeah I have to be at home at night.
And thats because of fines that you owe?
No, its from when I beat up this cop.
I was arrested, went through the system
- I got a big belly
Super big belly...
I can see it.
- I didn't have a belly but now I do.
When I found out that I was pregnant
Its shocking still, I look at myself
For me, its been a very calm experience.
Beautiful...
At first I was nervous because
Then again we have always been
But I felt very powerful.
I didn't sink in until they gave me the
And I
I began to think of November 5th. You know
At this time last year, I was on
and now Im going to be a mom
and everything is so different.
It took some time for me to confront this,
and there's not a day that I don't think
my body, the rubber bullets inside me, my
And now I can't be as
Its a feeling of desperation, like
Who knows if this will be my future,
It feels good to know
My coworkers will say
For me, it proves that I have the
That cop did not defeat me.
Lately we have had many infiltrators.
We went to support a friend who was
and when we were leaving three cops
They knew what I did at Plaza Dignidad.
The cops had all my info.
It was a person from the First Line.
An infiltrator.
A person who was at my house,
Today, as a woman I don't feel safe.
Because...
in this country, they defend the aggressor
Is this the makeup you want?
Lets see.
My seven year-old daughter continues
She's unconditional with me.
She's lived through some
From the moment the cops attacked me,
Is this the park you come to
- No
Calling Patti from the Mamis Capucha
$1000 pesos, each number.
Its been a year since the incident,
seeing a psychologist.
And it's because Felipe moved on it.
She has to talk about things that a young
Shes coping with the impactof seeing her
His injury, the stitches.
The cop who shot Felipe didn't
This will be part of Violetas childhood.
I've explained to that her dad does not
Im no longer on the First Line.
I protest in a different way now.
Push the button, now talk.
On October 25th, you have to go vote!
On October 25th
October 25th... vote Approval!
Good afternoon everyone.
Good afternoon neighbors...
Were a little anxious, yet happy
This is a crucial week for our country
for everyone... all of Latin America.
The best way we can demonstrate our
is by voting in the plebiscite.
What does the plebiscite entail?
This big machine called the State,
is actually asking us what we want.
Approving the constituent
will allow us to vote for everyday people
Whatever vote we reach, its not about
After the 25th, independent of
its about building a new Chile
Yes, Im in agreement with both of you.
I would ask for a state that...
recognizes the indigenous communities.
I think its time to heed the call...
everything we have, stand firm,
that we, the people, can write this new
Today we gather to commemorate
Piera you coward! You have blood
- Turn it diagonally,
- Its lit!
The people united will never be defeated!
Today, Im more worried about
Im not thinking about the emblematic
More than anything, its a sad day.
Yet, I'm happy that people
and not be scared to be in the
But I hope no one rises. I hope they stay
There will be groups that will rise up.
I really hope they won't.
They will not hesitate to shoot.
The fight isn't against the working class!
- Hey sis,
the elder that's been on this street for
You never know it could be
- Three young guys
Maybe somebody like you
because it looked
- It was three guys.
I also came here and parked
What if someone came and damaged it?
The fight is against the State,
Youre wrong to be on the
The State wants us to remain submissive
It's not convenient for them
There are consequences there are
I've been super emotional lately,
seeing our comrades suffer...
They have been I don't know
Comrade Anibal!
Comrade Anibal!
Comrade Anibal!
When? Now and Forever!
When?
Now and Forever!
Who killed him?
The motherfucking cops!
Who killed him?
The motherfucking cops!
Present... present... present...
- Who killed him?
We thought that the
and the violence would decrease,
Piera already fooled us.
Today he stated that protests are
Theyve been been violating freedom
Its not enough for them to repress
now they want to ban protests altogether.
I dont think theyll reach
At the last protest more than
It was horrible.
Good evening.
Today, Chileans have expressed
Theyve elected to launch a process
to write a new constitution for Chile.
Piera! Motherfucker! You're a murderer
We are witnessing the celebrations
The official tally is in.
Approval has won with 78.24%.
The rejection option garnered 21.76%.
Chile has awakened! Chile has awakened!
Im feeling hot.
I'm nervous.
- Move your head back.
- Several sessions...
- Looks clear...
- Look this way.
- Close.
- Open.
- Look up.
- Down.
- Left.
- Right.
- How does it feel?
I no longer have that pain. But I do have
the sensation that something is in there.
- Please stand up.
Did my eye turn sideways?
- No.
- Did your eye turn sideways?
No.
- Its good right?
Yes.
- Its a little yellow
In my personal life, I want to be a better
I know I have a long way to go.
Open it! Open it!
This song is dedicated to our
Theyre fighting for their lands.
We have been fighting for a year...
and they keep violating the rights
Arauco is expressing itself,
Fighting for justice,
Fighting for justice, for the freedom
I want my people
I want my race
to never forget...
I want dignity...