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At 16, Hector Salgado was arrested and tortured by Pinochet's forces. By 20, Hector was without a country, living in exile in the US, the very place whose devastating foreign policies in Chile caused the death and torture of 1,000s of Chileans. The documentary follows Hector as he returns to Chile almost 30 years later, camera in hand, to confront the perpetrators and his former captors looking for answers and justice. In the process 'Special Circumstances' takes an unflinching look at US foreign policy in Latin America in the '70s and the legacy of Pinochet with which Chile struggles today.

"Marianne Teleki is a sensitive and talented filmmaker who has been able to record in Salgado's personal tragedy, the troubles of a country under a brutal dictatorship."
Isabel Allende, Author

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AWARDS & SCREENINGS:

• SPECIAL JURY PRIZE, International Documentary Film Festival (FIDOCS), Santiago, Chile
• GRAND FESTIVAL AWARD, Berkeley Video and Film Festival
• BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, Digital Film Festival, Vina del Mar, Chile
• BEST LOCAL FILMMAKER, International Latino Film Festival- San Francisco Bay Area
• BEST DOCUMENTARY, Festival Pintacannes, Santiago, Chile
• BEST EDITING AWARD, Cine Cear? Film Festival, Fortaleza, Brazil
• BEST DOCUMENTARY Festival de Derechos Humanos, Valparaiso, Chile
• AUDIENCE AWARD Latin American Film Festival, Utrecht, Holland
• JURY PRIZE African, Asian, Latin American Film Festival Milano, Italy
• Official Selection International Film Festival of New Latin American Cinema, La Habana, Cuba
• Official Selection Festival de Cine Guadalajara, Mexico
• Official Selection Festival Internacional de Cine Vi?a del Mar, Chile
• Official Selection, DOCSDF, Mexico City
• Official Selection It's All True Documentary Film Festival Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Official Selection Los Angeles International Latino Film Festival
• Official Selection Montreal Human Rights Film Festival
• Official Selection Boston Latino Film Festival
• Official Selection United Nations Association Film Festival, Stanford University, California
• Official Selection International Documentary Film Festival, EDOC, Ecuador
• Documenta Madrid, Spain
• Latino Film Festival, Finland
• Official Selection International Film Festival of Cartagena, Colombia
• Official Selection Cine Las Americas International Film Festival Austin, Texas
• Providence Latin American Film Festival, Rhode Island
• San Diego Latino Film Festival
• Official Selection, Portland Women's Film Festival