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Under Construction 1977

Very Short Films • 5m 49s

Directed by Ignacio Agüero • Documentary • 1977 • 6 minutes

A construction worker tells about his work as a plasterer in times when houses in entire neighborhoods are demolished to build new commercial zones, all as as part of a new economic structure designed by the dictatorship of Pinochet.

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augusto pinochet, chile, documentary, expository, ignacio aguero, military coup, neighborhood, ovid, pinochet, south america, spanish, title_u, under construction 1977

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