Después del terremoto (After the Earthquake). 1979. USA. Directed by Lourdes Portillo, Nina Serrano. 16mm. Spanish; English subtitles. 27 min.
Diario inacabado. 1982. Chile. Directed by Marilú Mallet. DCP. In Spanish, English, French; English subtitles. 50 min.
Dos años en Finlandia. 1975. Chile. Directed by Angelina Vázquez Riveiro. DCP. In Spanish, Finnish; English subtitles. 28 min.
In After the Earthquake, Lourdes Portillo and Nina Serrano follow a Nicaraguan immigrant in California who struggles to adapt and reconsiders her relationships in her intimate circle in the US. In Diario inacabado, Chilean director Marilú Mallet offers a first-person account of her life as an immigrant, wife, and mother of a French-speaking son in Canada with a moving portrait of exile and personal isolation. After being forced into exile in Finland following the CIA-sponsored military coup in Chile that brought Augusto Pinochet to power, Angelina Vázquez Riveiro builds a portrait of the country’s Chilean community in Dos años en Finlandia.
Total running time: 105 min.