CineCiutat
Bajo las banderas del sol (Under the Flags, the Sun)
Description
At CineCiutat in Palma de Mallorca, the Paraguayan documentary Bajo las banderas del sol (international title: Under the Flags, the Sun) screens as part of the cinema’s diverse programme of world and arthouse films.
Directed by Juanjo Pereira, this feature-length documentary uses previously unseen and long-forgotten archival material to examine the hidden machinery of Alfredo Stroessner’s dictatorship in Paraguay, one of the longest-running regimes in Latin American history. Through a visual journey across propaganda, international broadcasts and forgotten media, the film explores how mass communication shaped power, collective memory and the legacy of authoritarian rule — themes that continue to resonate today.