PBS Premiere: June 28, 2012
Online: ; ; May 11, 2013 – May 24, 2013
Synopsis
In a stunning milestone for justice in Central America, a Guatemalan court recently charged former dictator Efraín Rios Montt with genocide for his brutal war against the country’s Mayan people in the 1980s — and Pamela Yates’ 1983 documentary, When the Mountains Tremble, provided key evidence for bringing the indictment. Granito: How to Nail a Dictator tells the extraordinary story of how a film, aiding a new generation of human rights activists, became a granito — a tiny grain of sand — that helped tip the scales of justice. An Official Selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. A co-production of ITVS with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. A co-presentation with Latino Public Broadcasting.
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Film Information
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator (90 min.)
Premiere Date: June 28, 2012
Streaming Dates: ; ; May 11, 2013 - May 24, 2013
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Filmmakers: Pamela Yates, Paco de Onís, Peter Kinoy Bio | Interview | Statement
Press: Sundance 2011 Press Release | Press Release | Fact Sheet | Critical Acclaim
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