Montaje de redes: cooperación cinematográfica, circulación trasnacional y acopio de materiales fílmicos sobre la Unidad Popular (1970-1973)

Abstract

Objective/Context: This article identifies political and cultural practices and spaces that benefited the international cinematographic diffusion associated with the Unidad Popular (up), determined by the diplomacy of Allende’s government and by transnational activities in the general context of the Cold War. I attempt to understand these instances of cooperation and exchange in a connected way, observing the agents that promoted them. Methodology: From a transnational perspective, the article discusses written and visual sources from different latitudes (especially Chile, Cuba, France, and Germany) and from various kinds of documentary resources (diplomatic, cinematographic, and periodical press). Originality: The article pursues to place the study of the up cinema in a double sense: first, shifting the national perspective towards an approach that recognizes dynamics and connections at different scales, and then, connecting the study of audio-visuals with practices such as cultural diplomacy. Conclusions: The networks of human cooperation and film exchange developed during the up government were possible thanks to nationally and internationally oriented initiatives, which helped the progressive collection of film materials in institutions outside Chile, whose role was fundamental in the solidarity campaigns started after 1973.

Keywords

• cold war
• cooperation and circulation of films
• cultural diplomacy
• film materials
• popular unity
• solidarity