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Latin Film Night "Granito: How to Nail a Dictator"

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Date:
Friday, April 19, 2013
Time:
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Type:
Screening
Organizer/Author:
Shelby Minister
Location Details:
San Jose Peace and Justice Center
48 S 7th St. San Jose, CA 95112

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.

6:30 PM Food & Gathering
7:00 PM Presentation by Michelle Cordova
7:15 PM Film

Suggested Donation: $10

Sponsored by Spanish for Activists at San Jose Peace and Justice Center
Added to the calendar on Fri, Mar 22, 2013 6:38PM
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