Chile on the Road to NAFTA, Accompanied by the National Police Band
1997
Video, 10:46 minutes
Twenty-five years after the fascist coup, Chile was hailed by some as an economic miracle on the fast track to admission into the North American Free-Trade Agreement. But in view of its recent history of vicious political repression, this news provoked skepticism. In this "music video," the police band plays Star Wars while street musicians play popular songs. A gigantic upraised fists turns out to be a Coke billboard, and relatives point to names on the new memorial to victims of the fascist coup.