Angelina Vásquez (born 1950) is a Chilean documentary filmmaker who was

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d to Finland following the

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but returned to film clandestinely during the Pinochet dictatorship in the early 1980s. Like

Marilú Mallet Marilú Mallet (born 1944) is a Chilean film essayist who was exiled to Canada in the 1970s. Like Angelina Vásquez in Finland and Valeria Sarmiento Valeria Sarmiento (born 29 October 1948) is a film editor, director and screenwriter best k ...

in Canada and

Valeria Sarmiento Valeria Sarmiento (born 29 October 1948) is a film editor, director and screenwriter best known for her work in France, Portugal and her native Chile. She has worked both in film and television, directing 20 feature films, documentaries and tele ...

in France, she is notable as one of the first Chilean

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, emerging in the early 1970s but producing most of her work in exile.

Filmography

* '' Crónica del salitre'' (1971) * ''

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'' (1975) * ''

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'' (1977) * ''

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'' (1980) * '' Presencia lejana'' (1982) * '' Apuntes nicaragüenses'' (1982) * '' Fragmentos de un diario inacabado'' (1983) * '' Notas para un retrato de familia'' (1989) * '' Empresarias de Madrid'' (1989)

References

Bibliography

* Elizabeth Ramírez and Catalina Donoso (eds.) ''Nomadías. El cine de Marilú Mallet, Valeria Sarmiento y Angelina Vásquez'' (Ediciones Metales Pesados, 2016) ,

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vásquez, Angelina 1950 births Living people Chilean film directors Chilean exiles Chilean women film directors