The opening ceremony is a giant “Welcome!” party thrown by the host country. How did Japan welcome the world this year?
Author Archives: Jaime Grijalba
Jaime Grijalba is a freelance critic and filmmaker based in Santiago, Chile.
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The Bizarre World of US Gun Violence, Seen Through Documentaries
Watching from Chile, these films feel not like documents of the US’s present but a premonition of the future here.
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The War Over Images in Chile
Reports by the mainstream media and uploads on social media tell vastly different stories of the ongoing protests.
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The Directors Mixing Fact and Fiction at the Forefront of New Chilean Cinema
In a charged political moment, hybrid documentaries speak to Chilean identity and struggle better than any other form of filmmaking.