The Resurrection of Victor Jara -- Award-Winning Feature Documentary Film (50 Years of Remembrance Edition)

Our multiple award-winning, feature-length film documents the extraordinary life and legacy of iconic Chilean singer-songwriter, Victor Jara, executed in 1973 following a right-wing military coup.

The first part of the film explores, through friends and family, Victor’s music, life and the social context in which he emerges as a leader of a vanguard cultural movement for social change in Chile, South America.

The second part of the film captures the coup and post-coup periods, and Victor’s profound impact on activists, artists and musicians of all ages inside and outside Chile.

Victor Jara was at the forefront of a folk music revival during the tumultuous 1960s in Chile and across Latin America.

A theater director, musician, activist and teacher, Victor transformed folk music into a revolutionary social movement known as “New Song” (Nueva Cancion).

His songs and singing came to embody the hopes and dreams of an entire continent — a legacy that still resonates today, not just in Latin America, but worldwide.