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One thing I really liked about Patricio Guzmán’s film Chile, Obstinate Memory is how it shows the importance of remembering the past. Instead of just giving facts about the 1973 military coup in Chile, the film lets real people like students and survivors share how those events still affect their lives today. It was powerful to see young people reacting to the truth about their country’s history, especially when they had never learned about it in school. Guzmán shows that remembering painful events is important so that people can heal, learn, and make sure it doesn’t happen again. The film makes you think about how memory can be a way of fighting back against injustice.


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