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The Judge and the General

by Elizabeth Farnsworth, Patricio Lanfranco

Premiere: August 19, 2008

Chile's former dictator, Augusto Pinochet, is brought to justice by one of his own in this cautionary tale about violating human rights in the name of "higher ideals."

The Fall of Fujimori

by Ellen Perry

Premiere: July 18, 2006

In 1990, an unknown candidate named Alberto Fujimori rode a wave of popular support to become the president of Peru. He fought an all-out war on terror against the guerilla organization Shining Path, and won. Ten years later, accused of kidnapping, murder and corruption, he fled Peru to his native Japan, where he was in exile for four years.