Chile's Oscar-Winning Director Gabriel Osorio Confronts Pinochet Era in Film
Chile's Oscar-Winning Director Gabriel Osorio Confronts Pinochet Era in Film
By
Stephen Kurczy
The winner of Chile's first Oscar talks with AQ about his film's impact, working on a budget and national taboos.
When Chile won its first-ever Academy Award on February 28 for the animated short film “Bear Story” (Historia de un Oso), the nation got more than a gold-plated statuette. It was also jolted into confronting the still-taboo subject of forced exiles and political disappearances under the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.
An estimated 200,000 Chileans fled or were forced into exile during Pinochet’s rule from 1973 to 1990. Among...
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