Chile: Promise of Freedom

by The Freedom Archives

Promise of Freedom features -interviews with Isabel Allende, Ariel Dorfman, Isabel Letelier, and people in global pursuit of the Pinochet/Kissinger cases, as well as the archived voices of Salvador Allende, his supporters, and witnesses of the 1973 coup. The story documents the events from the rise of the Allende-led Popular Unity government, the bloody coup, the disappeared, and the emerging democratic process. This exciting two-part CD weaves interview, music, archival recordings, poetry, and analysis to create a gripping tapestry of events. Based in San Francisco, The Freedom Archives contain over 5000 hours of audio tape recordings, documenting, as they happened, the most turbulent events and important movements from the early ’60s to today.

60 pages, Audio CD

First published September 1, 2003

About the author

The Freedom Archives contain over 5000 hours of audiotape recordings, documenting, as it happened, the most turbulent times, events, and movements, from the early 60s to the mid-1990s. From People's Park to Attica. Vietnam to Puerto Rico. Wounded Knee to Mumia Abu-Jamal. Paul Robeson to Pete Seeger.