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DIÁLOGOS SUBTERRÁNEOS

By Francisco NÚÑEZ

YARETA - as PROD

Social issues - Completed 2021

A group of young hip hop artists from Santiago organize themselves into a collective called Lumpen Crew. During the 2012 student protests, they lead an artistic and political movement that will mark an entire generation of young rebels.

- Year of production
- 2021
- Genres
- Social issues, Art - Culture, Documentary
- Countries
- CHILE
- Languages
- SPANISH-CHILEAN
- Budget
- 0.6 - 1 M$
- Duration
- 51 mn
- Director(s)
- Francisco NÚÑEZ
- Producer(s)
- Francisco NÚÑEZ (Condón Filmico), Ana FOX-HODESS (Cordón Fílmico), Mixie ARAYA (Yareta Films)
- Synopsis
- “In 2012 the world begins to end
  The capitalist, selfish and filthy world
  And no prophecy says so:
  It's the exploited and marginalized everywhere who say it in rebellion”
  - Andi “Portavoz” Ferrer, "Class Notes"
  
  Santiago, 2012 - During a year of intense student demonstrations against the government and its neoliberal policies, a group of young people from the city's peripheral neighborhoods organize themselves into a collective called Lumpen Crew. They are part of the hip hop subculture, but argue they need to transcend that identity which separates them from other working-class youth.
  
  In a meeting of hip hop organizations, Mome, one of the Lumpen Crew leaders, suggests they should start doing politics, although his proposals are met with resistance from some of the participants.
  
  Lumpen Crew leads a high-impact cultural movement. To support the student demonstrations, members of the collective organize massive benefit concerts inside high schools that have been taken over by protesting students. One of the main emerging artists in the group is the rapper Portavoz, whose prominence in the underground scene grows as his combative lyrics capture the fighting spirit of the youth movement. The collective also collaborates with other established artists such as Ana Tijoux.
  
  The political climate continues in upheaval. Lumpen Crew members take part in street protests, political actions related to unresolved memory disputes such as the public condemnation of a tribute to the dictator Pinochet, and counterinformation and propaganda campaigns. But they also undertake the internal task of political self-education through a months-long workshop where young people hoping to change the system meet week after week. In the intimate spaces of the workshop, they discuss their role in this historical moment.
  
  The student mobilizations begin to lose strength, and the collective relocates to the peripheral neighborhoods to stay together. Despite the political defeat at the national level, the hip hop community maintains its vitality and commitment to the struggle. This generation of popular artists and educators will mark the activists that follow.