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Relentless Memory review – a vital oral history of the plight of the Mapuche people
In Paula Rodríguez’s impressionistic documentary, an academic’s South American travelogue brings the painful story of a proud Indigenous society to life Between 1862 and 1885, the Mapuche Indigenous people rose up to defend their homeland against invading outsiders. For these acts of bravery, they were deported, tortured and massacred at the hands of the Chilean and Argentinian military. These painful chapters of history, once suppressed and buried, are seen in a new light in Paula Rodríguez’s moving documentary. The film takes the form of a travelogue led by Margarita Canio Llanquinao, a Mapuche academic; after discovering the testimonials of Katrulaf, a Mapuche prisoner of war, in a Berlin archive, Llanquinao embarks on a journey that links the past to the present, the personal to the collective. Retracing Katrulaf’s deportation route, Llanquinao crosses the Patagonian pampas and the A
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Relentless Memory review – a vital oral history of the plight of the Mapuche people, In Paula Rodríguez’s impressionistic documentary, an academic’s South American travelogue brings the painful story of a proud Indigenous society to life Between 1862 and 1885, the Mapuche Indigenous people rose up to defend their homeland against invading outsiders. For these acts of bravery, they were deported, tortured and massacred at the hands of the Chilean and Argentinian military. These painful chapters of history, once suppressed and buried, are seen in a new light in Paula Rodríguez’s moving documentary. The film takes the form of a travelogue led by Margarita Canio Llanquinao, a Mapuche academic; after discovering the testimonials of Katrulaf, a Mapuche prisoner of war, in a Berlin archive, Llanquinao embarks on a journey that links the past to the present, the personal to the collective. Retracing Katrulaf’s deportation route, Llanquinao crosses the Patagonian pampas and the A
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- Relentless Memory review – a vital oral history of the plight of the Mapuche peopleThe Guardian - 2026-05-18T06:00:01+00:00
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