What was most striking for me when watching part 1 of the Battle of Chile was how close the production was to a lot of the political turmoil at this point in Chile’s history. It’s eerie how we can mirror the political divide from then to now and see we’re not far off from the past. The documentary itself is significant in showing how the United States time and time again across all three filmmakers’ works is highlighted as a brute militant force that impedes on Latin America. It helps to inform those who don’t understand how Chile has gotten to where it had with real life first hand accounts as everything shifts into a dictatorship. The mixing of different materials for archival purposes and the live reaction at the time to what was unfolding makes sense as to why the documentary has been revered as one of the best ever made.