Your favorite headbangers are secretly political dissidents. Who knew?
In this documentary film a team of researchers examine the social contexts that influenced the emergence and permanence of heavy metal music in Chile, Argentina, Mexico and Peru. Colonialism, dictatorships, terrorism and neoliberal exploitation serve as points of reference for how heavy metal in the region has been directly linked to each country's social and political context.
Direction
Varas-Díaz lets musicians speak for brutalized communities
Sound
Guitars that scream louder than history textbooks
Director
Nelson Varas-Díaz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Nelson Varas-Díaz is a professor of music therapy who spent 8 years earning trust from bands who'd been burned by exploitative Western documentarians before.
The 'metal chileno' scene actually helped preserve collective memory of the disappeared during the dictatorship — basement shows became covert spaces where forbidden stories were shared.
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