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Machuca explores Chile's bloody 1973 coup through the astonishingly intimate coming-of-age story of a pair of 12 year-old boys. From opposite extremes of society, Gonzalo and Pedro from an unlikely friendship as politics rip their world apart. Andres Wood, himself 8 when Pinochet seized power, resurrects searing images of life - and loss of innocence - amidst a crumbling democracy. Streaming available through Kanopy and Fandor as of 9/12/2019.

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