“Riveting…
Under the Flags, the Sun links the nation’s past
to larger geopolitical dynamics and dispels unfounded assumptions about Paraguay’s invisibility.””
UNDER THE FLAGS, THE SUN / BAJO LAS BANDERAS, EL SOL
by Juanjo Pereira
(Paraguay/Argentina/USA/France/Germany, 2025, 92 min. In Guarani, Spanish, German, French, English)
In 1989, the fall of Alfredo Stroessner’s 35-year dictatorship in Paraguay brought an end to one of the world’s longest authoritarian regimes – and left behind a vast audiovisual archive once used to shape national identity and glorify power. Decades later, newly recovered footage from Paraguay and abroad – newsreels, television broadcasts, propaganda films, and declassified materials – reveals the hidden machinery of the regime. Moving across formats and histories, this striking debut feature by Juanjo Pereira becomes an excavation of memory and media, exposing how images were used to construct ideology, sustain international alliances, and normalize repression, while reflecting on a present still marked by the legacy of dictatorship.
Thursday, May 7, 7pm
Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue (at 2nd St.)
For tickets and more information visit: https://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/series/59363
Presented as part of Lost & Found: Cine(ma)s Latinoamericanos Re-unidos, co-programmed by Matías Piñeiro and Carlos A. Gutiérrez.
Watch the trailer:
