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Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
A film by Pamela Yates
English
Running time: 103 minutes
In 1982, a young first-time filmmaker, Pamela Yates, gained unprecedented access to Ríos Montt, his generals and leftist guerrillas waging a clandestine war deep in the mountains. The resulting film, When the Mountains Tremble (1983) revealed that the Guatemalan army was killing Mayan civilians. 30 years later former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt found himself indicted by a Guatemalan court for crimes against humanity, Against all odds, he was charged with committing genocide in the 1980s against the country's poor, Mayan people. Some of the evidence against him came from outtakes in Yates's early film. Granito or How To Nail a Dictator is a film about a film and its remarkable afterlife for a filmmaker, a nation and, most dramatically, as evidence in a long struggle to give a dictator's victims their day in court. Pamela Yates will be at the screening for Q&A. The screening will be followed by a presentation by Green Valley Media and VTIFF regarding the launch of a Vermont Film Archive and the importance of archival footage.
Washington DC Filmfest: Justice Matters Award, Ojai Film Festival: Feature Documentary Honorable Mention
Q&A following the screening with director Pamela Yates
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LocationMain Street Landing Film House
60 Lake Street
Burlington , VT 05401
United States
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| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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