La Brigada – A Mural for the Unidad Popular in Dresden
(Brigada - Ein Beitrag zur Solidarität anläßlich der 16. Arbeiterfestspiele 1976 in Dresden)
1976, 11 min, color
In German; English subtitles
Brigada - Ein Beitrag zur Solidarität anläßlich der 16. Arbeiterfestspiele 1976 in Dresden (c) DEFA-Stiftung, Rolf Hofmann, Siegfried Jung
Credits:
| Hofmann, Rolf |
| Juan Forch |
| Hofmann, Rolf |
| Juan Forch |
| Juan Forch |
| Ritter, Renate |
| Hofmann, Rolf |
| Jung, Siegfried |
| Jaspampa |
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Synopsis
During the 16th Workers' Festival in Dresden in 1976, a student group of Chilean emigrants paints a mural symbolically depicting the activity of the Unidad Popular during Salvador Allende's reign. Festival guests comment on this work. Music by Chilean music group Jaspampa, formed in Leipzig in 1972.
The film is also available with Spanish subtitles.
Part of the playlist Chilean Films in Exile – Shorts by Juan Forch and also available for a Digital Site License for educational partners. Please find more information here.
