WASHED AWAY | directed by Patricio Henriquez
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Patricio
wants to connect with people in the North and the South who are fighting for
survival. Faced with a truly planetary phenomenon, all humans are equal; there
are no borders. Patricio's social and political analysis of the situation
is also intended to expose certain attitudes held by our leaders.
The film will take a critical, humanist approach, examining the expected
social and geopolitical consequences of global warming if the process is not
nipped in the bud. It will look at the future and the long-term projections
of scientists who have expressed concern about the future of our planet if
we do not change our ways. A film that will encourage reflection and make
each and every one of us question our daily actions.
Patricio Henriquez
Formerly a director for Chilean television, Patricio Henriquez settled in Montreal after the overthrow of the Allende government in 1973. After making a first film, Yasser Arafat et les Palestiniens (1980), he worked for television, particularly Télé-Québec, where he worked on documentaries from 1980 to 1993. In 1995, he directed 32 episodes of the Canal D series On a marché sur la terre and directed a docudrama, Les Filles aux allumettes (produced by the NFB and Les Productions Virage), on the struggles of women workers.
He collaborated on the CBC series Rainmakers and co-directed L'Afrique sans remèdes (1996). With Raymonde Provencher and Robert Cornellier, Patricio Henriquez founded the production company Macumba International, which produced Vivre en ville, a series about life in some of the world's major cities.
In 1998, he completed September 11, 1973: The Last Stand of Salvador Allende, a documentary based on the last day in the Chilean president's life. The following year, he directed Images d'une dictature, focusing on daily life in Chile under Pinochet. Since 2000, he has worked as a director and producer of Extremis, a documentary series which looks at social injustice on a planetary scale. He was one of the directors of View from the Summit, an inside look at the Summit of the Americas held in Quebec City from April 20 to 22, 2001. In 2002, he will complete Juchitan des folles, a film about a gay community in southern Mexico.