About the project
Synopsis: 30 years since the end of the military dictatorship, the promised bliss and better days seem to be far from reality. An increase in the Santiago transit fare prices shattered the stability of the Chilean economic model and threw millions into the streets to express their outrage. Amidst the social organization that arose from this anger, the people’s voices could be heard loud and clear, declaring “we outnumber you!”
The documentary feature film We can call ourselves the people again seeks to portray a fragmented country coming together in a mutual rage and drive for change, alternating between street protests and the first forms of social organization that emerged all over Chile.
Why are we making this film?
Two years after the beginning of the popular uprising, we are still living in a country with no social justice, where it is impossible to live a dignified life; a country where hundreds of protesters have been murdered, thousands mutilated and thousands imprisoned as a result of State terrorism, in which Piñera and his accomplices continue to govern with total impunity.
From day one we were moved by the need to bear witness to this complex and heterogeneous process, summoned from the collective wound inflicted on us from inhabiting neoliberalism’s cradle for over 4 decades. Today more than ever it is vital to continue this project, through which we aspire to create an audiovisual narrative that portrays the popular uprising, its many participants, their motivations, frustrations, desires and tensions. For this reason, we hope that We can call ourselves the people again serves as a contribution to the struggle and its collective memory, in the context of an ongoing social and political crisis.
Because the people’s solidarity has always been fundamental in resisting the onslaught of the system, we welcome you to join this collective project, so that the popular uprising can keep spreading and growing until things change radically!
What stage are we at?
We started spontaneously filming the documentary on October 18th 2019, in the epicenter of the social uprising. Day by day, we continued filming different events in Santiago and the northern and southern regions of the country, ending our shoot on New Year's Day. Thanks to the voluntary work of the whole film collective, as well as contributions from many different people, we were able to complete a film shoot that spanned almost 50 days in 10 of the country’s regions (Arica and Parinacota, Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Coquimbo, the Metropolitan Region, Maule, Bío Bío, Araucanía, Los Ríos and Los Lagos).
We are currently raising funds in order to finance the documentary’s editing, post-production, distribution and premiere (in cinemas and online).
To learn more about our project, please visit nosvolvemosallamarpueblo.cl.
Instagram: @nosvolvemosallamarpueblo
Twitter: @docupueblo
Facebook: @nosvolvemosallamarpueblo
If we don't reach the 100% of the funding goal, we will use it to do the following:
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With the 10%
We will make a short film about the uprising. This short will help us spread the word about the project and continue raising funds for the feature film.
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With the 25%
We will edit a first rough cut of the feature film, which we will use to apply to different funds (e.g. film festivals’ Work In Progress sections).
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With the 50%
We will finish the final cut of the film (not including post-production).
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With the 75%
We will finance the entire post-production of the film (image and sound post-production, musical score, translation and subtitling).
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