Himno: el pueblo unido jamás será vencido is a Chilean documentary that explores the worldwide success of the song "El pueblo unido jamás será vencido," composed by Sergio Ortega Alvarado. The documentary analyzes the history of the song, its international appeal, and why it became a song used to fight oppression. We will learn how the song was used by French, Finnish, and Japanese bands, and during protests in Chile in 2019 and Colombia in 2021.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Martín Farías (director) and Eileen Karmy (producer).
The film will be subtitled.
Trailer
The filmmakers
Dr. Eileen Karmy is a socio-musicologist at the Faculty of Arts in Universidad de Playa Ancha (Valparaíso, Chile) who received her PhD at the University of Glasgow. Her research focuses on music, politics, and labor, with particular interest in music and social movements. She is a principal researcher in ANIMUPA, an interdisciplinary study on classical music, and associate researcher in the Millennium Nucleus in Musical and Sound Cultures, both projects funded by Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarollo (ANID). She is finishing a three-year research project on workers’ musical practices in early 20th-century Valparaiso, Chile, with a grant from the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT).
Dr. Martín Farías is a musicologist and documentary filmmaker. He holds a Ph.D. in Music from the University of Edinburgh and a master’s degree in creative documentary from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. His research centers on film and theatre music as well as issues of music and politics. He has co-directed a number of documentaries focused on music, history and politics. He currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Communication and Image at the University of Chile.
This event is organized in collaboration with Denison University.
This event was supported in part by grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education's Title VI NRC funding. The content of this event does not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
