The other 9/11

Description

For much of the world, September 11 is associated with the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. But in Chile, the date stands for a military coup. On September 11, 1973, the Chilean military overthrew President Salvador Allende. What followed was a dictatorship whose consequences are still felt today. This episode approaches that date as a historical rupture and follows the stories of Chilean exiles — of departure and return, of people forced to leave their country and later confront the question of coming home after Pinochet. At its center are memory, trauma and political reality — and how Chile continues to negotiate its past.