Santiago Rising: Online Documentary Screening + Q&A
24/09/2026
1:00 am – 11:00 pm GMT
Online
Watch the film in your own time online from Thursday 10 September to Thursday 24 September. Your ticket also includes a free ticket to the Alborada online event 'Resisting the Far-Right in Chile, from Pinochet to Kast' on Wednesday 23 September.
89 mins // UK, Chile // 2021, Spanish/English with English/Spanish subtitles
Santiago Rising takes place on the streets of Chile’s capital city in late 2019 as massive protests over economic inequality engulf the country.
Filmed during the weeks after protests began, Santiago Rising meets social movements, protesters and ordinary people in their struggle for equality and human rights. The film charts the build-up to the historic vote, in October 2020, that saw Chileans vote for a new constitution to replace the one imposed during the brutal Pinochet dictatorship.
The film emphasises the prominent role of music and art in political dissent. We also see the state’s attempts to crush the protest movement through a violent police crackdown. Although the odds are stacked against them, Chileans find strength in unity as they fight to overcome Pinochet’s enduring legacy.
Click here to watch a recording of a Q&A with the director Nick MacWilliam chaired by the film's producer Pablo Navarrete.
