Ironic perhaps. Documentary filmmaker Saul Landau's obituary appeared on September 11th. That day the NYU Cinema Studies program 9/11/1973: The Public Life of an Endless Day, a 40th anniversary look at the military coup that brought the death of democratically elected present Salvadore Allende and the seizure of power by General Pinochet.
Landau made the documentary Conversation with Allende (1971). Saul Landau, Maker of Films With Leftist Edge, Dies at 77
By Douglas Martin
New York Times, September 11, 2013
Saul Landau, a determinedly leftist documentary filmmaker and writer whose passion for asking what he called "the most intrusive questions" yielded penetrating cinematic profiles of leaders like Fidel Castro and Salvador Allende, died on Monday at his home in Alameda, Calif. He was 77.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/arts/saul-landau-maker-of-films-with-leftist-edge-dies-at-77.html?smid=fb-share
21 of his documentaries are available on DVD.