Filmed for the 25th anniversary of his death, this biography recounts the extraordinary life of famed Chilean singer-songwriter, theater director, folklorist, and political activist Victor Jara. With historical footage and interviews, the film describes the dramatic story of how Jara, the son of an illiterate peasant, came into international prominence and domestic martyrdom for his talent and his principles. Early on, he had a love of music inherited from his mother, a singer of traditional folk music. As a boy he migrated with her and his siblings to the slums of his country's capital. Upon her sudden death, he entered university, where he studied theater, met his future wife, and was swept up in the bohemian cultural renaissance that was burgeoning in Chile and that included such artists as singer Violeta Parra and poet Pablo Neruda. Aside from becoming an important Chilean theater director, he began investigating the traditional music he had grown up with and performing it with lyrics that reflected his growing sense of political outrage over the poverty and political oppression which afflicted his country. He eventually became one of the main proponents of Chilean "nueva canción" (New Song), which struggled through music and the arts to re-establish democracy in Chile. But his very prominence led to his ultimate detention, torture, and assassination by the dictatorship, chillingly recounted in the film. In many ways, Victor Jara's odyssey from the obscurity of the Chilean countryside to political martyrdom is a microcosm of Chilean history, which is evocatively depicted through historic and contemporary footage and interviews with friends, contemporaries, and his widow. Named for one of his most well-known songs, VICTOR JARA: THE RIGHT TO LIVE IN PEACE is a gripping narrative covering Jara's life from his early years to his heroic last hours. It is a moving tribute and testimony to a person of great vision and leadership, whose work helped unite a movement under a central goal: the right to live in peace.