Spaces Recovered by Memory
Film Language and Testimony in Parot’s Estadio Nacional
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7905190 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gloria Medina-Sancho (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 161-169 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0094582x12460839 |
| OpenAlex | W1993063305 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
The Chilean documentary Estadio Nacional (Carmen Luz Parot, 2001) conflates present and past by testifying, through different voices and images, to the National Stadium’s conversion into a concentration camp immediately after the September 11, 1973, coup d’état. Analysis of the way in which the stadium is critically revisited by victims of the dictatorship who were tortured there calls attention to the importance of the representation of space as a sort of archaeological work of memory that allows victims both to work through their traumatic experiences and to denounce the atrocities committed by their captors. In this sense, the film can be seen as a simulacrum of a pending judicial investigation in that it turns the public into a witness of this unfinished trial. El documental chileno Estadio Nacional (Carmen Luz Parot, 2001) combina el presente y el pasado atestiguando, por medio de distintas voces e imágenes, la conversión del Estadio Nacional en un campo de concentración inmediatamente después del golpe de estado del 11 de Septiembre de 1973. Un análisis del modo en que el estadio es críticamente examinado por las víctimas de la dictadura que fueron torturadas allí se enfoca en la importancia de la representación del espacio como forma de trabajo arqueológico de la memoria que permite a las víctimas enfrentar sus traumas y denunciar las atrocidades cometidas por sus captores. En este sentido, la película puede verse como el simulacro de una investigación judicial pendiente que convierte al público en testigo de este juicio inacabado
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |