This film exposes how media was used to shape power, control collective memory, and build a legacy that still resonates today. The screening will take place on Friday, April 10 at 8 PM at the Casal Municipal d'Amposta. Admission is 4 euros, and the film has a running time of 90 minutes.

The fall of Alfredo Stroessner's dictatorship in 1989, after 35 years in power in Paraguay, marked the end of one of history's longest authoritarian regimes. With its demise, the audiovisual archives that had served to consolidate his rule were abandoned and relegated to oblivion.

Decades later, a valuable collection of unseen and long-forgotten images has been recovered, including newsreels, public television broadcasts, propaganda films, and declassified documents, from both Paraguay and abroad. This material reveals the hidden mechanisms of power behind the Stroessner regime.

The film offers a visual experience that traces the history of 20th-century media, showing how images found in Paraguay reflect the appropriation of the past to indoctrinate and build a national imaginary around the cult of Stroessner. Foreign archives, meanwhile, narrate the Cold War, international alliances, and the power dynamics that allowed the dictatorship to prosper, while also denouncing propaganda and repression.

The documentary's director is Juanjo Pereira, a filmmaker, researcher, and producer known for his interdisciplinary research through essay films and video installations. Pereira is dedicated to the investigation of Paraguay's cinematographic archive and is the artistic director and co-founder of the International Contemporary Film Festival of Asunción. His work has been recognized at festivals such as the Berlinale, BAFICI, and SSIFF in 2025.