Patricio Henríquez (3)
Patricio Henríquez
TV director in his country, Henriquez settled in Montreal after coup d’etat in Chile in 1973. From 1980 to 1993, he worked for Radio-Quebec and directed dozens of TV programs (for Magazine Nord-Sud). Later, Henriquez founds his own production company, Macumba International, and directed the films, 11 de septiembre de 1973: el último combate de Salvador Allende (1998) and Imágenes de una dictadura (1998), that won dozens of awards all over the world. While continue to make remarkable films independently, i.e., You Don’t Like the Truth: 4 Days in Guantanamo (2010), Henriquez has co-produced five feature-length documentary films with the NFB since 1996: Les Filles aux allumettes (1996), The Dark Side of the White Lady (2006), Under the Hood, a Voyage into the World of Torture (2008), Uyghurs, Prisoners of the Absurd (2014), and Waiting for Raif (2022).
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The Dark Side of the White LadyPatricio Henríquez 2006 52 minIn this feature-length documentary, filmmaker Patricio Henriquez seeks to untangle the web of lies surrounding the Chilean navy's training vessel, the Esmeralda. Heralded as a symbol of national pride, a dark secret lies behind the facade of the ship the Chileans call The White Lady: Following the 1973 coup d'état, it was used as a floating prison. Thirty years later, the victims of the dictatorship are demanding justice. The Dark Side of the White Lady is a fascinating journey to uncover the truth. -
Washed AwayPatricio Henríquez & Jean Lemire 2003 52 minIn Patricio Henriquez' documentary, he brings us to two very different island communities, one in Alaska and one in the South Pacific, with something in common: their homes are under threat from climate change. As global warming causes ocean levels to rise, these islands may be entirely submerged.
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Uyghurs: Prisoners of the AbsurdPatricio Henríquez 2014 1 h 38 minThis feature documentary recounts the incredible odyssey of 22 men from China’s persecuted Uyghur minority who were detained in Guantánamo as terrorists. These Turkic-speaking Muslims, persecuted by the authorities in Beijing, escaped to the Middle East where they were captured and sold as terrorists to the American forces. From northern China to Guantánamo, Cuba, this new documentary by Patricio Henríquez charts the incredible odyssey of three of these “prisoners of the absurd,” linked to worldwide terror networks through no fault of their own.
