Granito: How to Nail a Dictator - Trailer
Preview: Season 25 Episode 2 | 2m 46s
How outtakes from a 1983 documentary helped tip the scales of justice.
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 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 helped tip the scales of justice.
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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the...
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator - Trailer
Preview: Season 25 Episode 2 | 2m 46s
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 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 helped tip the scales of justice.
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Granito: Discovering the Disappeared
Clip: S25 Ep2 | 7m 2s | Uncovering the stories of those disappeared during the Guatemalan genocide. (7m 2s)
Granito: Families of the Disappeared
Clip: S25 Ep2 | 9m 1s | A young woman tells the story of her father's disappearance during the Guatemalan genocide (9m 1s)
Granito: Filmmaker Interview featuring Pamela Yates
Clip: S25 Ep2 | 20m 19s | Filmmaking team Pamela Yates, Peter Kinoy and Paco de Onís discuss the Guatemalan genocide (20m 19s)
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