indigenous,concentration camp,dictatorship,chile,genocide,south america,button,colonialism,british colonialism,indigenous peoples,colonization,political prisoners,cultural genocide,water,settler colonialism,patagonia,kawésqar

The Pearl Button (2015)

Poster for The Pearl Button

The ocean contains the history of all humanity. The sea holds all the voices of the earth and those that come from outer space. Water receives impetus from the stars and transmits it to living creatures. Water, the longest border in Chile, also holds the secret of two mysterious buttons which were found on its ocean floor. Chile, with its 2,670 miles of coastline and the largest archipelago in the world, presents a supernatural landscape. In it are volcanoes, mountains and glaciers. In it are the voices of the Patagonian Indigenous people, the first English sailors and also those of its political prisoners. Some say that water has memory. This film shows that it also has a voice.

Cast & Crew

Director
Patricio Guzmán
  • Profile picture of Patricio Guzmán
    Narrator (voice) Patricio Guzmán
  • Profile picture of Gabriel Salazar
    Self Gabriel Salazar
  • Profile picture of Raúl Zurita
    Self Raúl Zurita
  • Profile picture of Javier Rebolledo
    Self Javier Rebolledo

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Keywords

  • indigenous
  • concentration camp
  • dictatorship
  • chile
  • genocide
  • south america
  • button
  • colonialism
  • british colonialism
  • indigenous peoples
  • colonization
  • political prisoners
  • cultural genocide
  • water
  • settler colonialism
  • patagonia
  • kawésqar