Nae Pasaran
Synopsis
In 1974 a group of workers at the Rolls Royce factory in East Kilbride showed their support for the people of Chile by refusing to carry out the vital repairs of engines for Hawker Hunter planes, which had been used during the brutal military coup in September 1973. The boycott endured for four years but the Scottish workers never knew what impact they had; it was a matter of conscience and an act of solidarity. Bustos Sierra – himself the Scotland-based son of a Chilean exile – reunites inspirational figures Bob Fulton, Robert Somerville, Stuart Barrie and John Keenan to hear their story. With unprecedented access, Nae Pasaran also ventures much further to detail the horrors of the Pinochet years, meets survivors of the period and hears the Chilean side of the story.
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 96 mins
- Director
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Felipe Bustos Sierra 1st Feature
- Producer
- Felipe Bustos Sierra
- Editor
- Colin Monie
- Screenwriter
- Felipe Bustos Sierra
- Director of Photography
- Peter Keith
- Sound
- Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer; William Aikman; Sound Recordist: Jack Coghill, Francisco Escobar
- Music
- Patrick Neil Doyle
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
UK, Chile co-production
Debasers Filums (UK), La Ventana Cine (CL)
Debasers Filums
Felipe Bustos SierraSales Company
Scottish Documentary Institute (Festival Bookings)
Eve KorzecECA
74 Lauriston Place
Edinburgh
EH3 9DF
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