Nostalgia for the Light
Call Number: Digital Video
Alternate Title: Nostalgia de la luz
Year: 2010
Director: Patricio Guzmán
Duration: 70 mins
Language(s): Spanish
Subtitle Language(s): English
A documentary about two different searches conducted in the Chilean Atacama Desert: one by astronomers looking for answers about the history of the cosmos, and one by women looking for the remains of loved ones killed by Pinochet’s regime. In Chile’s Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet’s regime.