In Chile, the strength and spontaneity of the front line are now essential to shield those who demonstrate in the streets in resistance to state violence. Dissidents is a web series made up of four 5 min chapters that immerse you in the first-person lived experiences of the Social Revolts in Chile that began on October 18, 2019. Our short films open a space to learn from participants in diverse processes of resistance. You can feel for our struggles, from the heroism and organization of the frontline combatants, and the feminist movements that emerged with greater force through performances of “Las Tesis,” through understanding the atrocities of the police branch of the military, to how art is the great tool of resistance in our society.

Dissidents - Chapter One: Powerful Enemy

In Chile, the strength and spontaneity of the front line are now essential to shield those who demonstrate in the streets in resistance to state violence.

‘Las Tesis’ arrived with performances that catalyzed Chilean social movements at a critical moment. Thousands of women take to the streets to dance and protest against femicides, as well as sexual, political, and social violence. Dissidents is a web series made up of four 5 min chapters that immerse you in the first-person lived experiences of the Social Revolts in Chile that began on October 18, 2019. Our short films open a space to learn from participants in diverse processes of resistance. You can feel for our struggles, from the heroism and organization of the frontline combatants, and the feminist movements that emerged with greater force through performances of “Las Tesis,” through understanding the atrocities of the police branch of the military, to how art is the great tool of resistance in our society.

Dissidents - Chapter Two: Without Women There Is No Revolution

Chilean women take to the streets to dance and protest against femicides, as well as sexual, political, and social violence.

During the months of social upheaval and protests, the police branch of the Chilean military shoots at the protesters regardless of their condition. The Chilean state systematically abuses human rights, aiming to blind protestors and erase movements. Dissidents is a web series made up of four 5 min chapters that immerse you in the first-person lived experiences of the Social Revolts in Chile that began on October 18, 2019. Our short films open a space to learn from participants in diverse processes of resistance. You can feel for our struggles, from the heroism and organization of the frontline combatants, and the feminist movements that emerged with greater force through performances of “Las Tesis,” through understanding the atrocities of the police branch of the military, to how art is the great tool of resistance in our society.

Dissidents - Chapter Three: 460

The Chilean state systematically abuses human rights, aiming to blind protestors and erase movements.

Different expressions, various techniques, and thousands of formats are born and mask the streets of Santiago. Art is reborn in the streets as a political-corporal necessity for resistance, transforming public spaces and bodies into spaces of struggle. Dissidents is a web series made up of four 5 min chapters that immerse you in the first-person lived experiences of the Social Revolts in Chile that began on October 18, 2019. Our short films open a space to learn from participants in diverse processes of resistance. You can feel for our struggles, from the heroism and organization of the frontline combatants, and the feminist movements that emerged with greater force through performances of “Las Tesis,” through understanding the atrocities of the police branch of the military, to how art is the great tool of resistance in our society.

Dissidents - Chapter Four: Art in Resistance

In Chile, art is reborn in the streets as a political-corporal necessity for resistance.

'Dissidents' Series - Social Revolts in Chile: Chapters 1-4

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