Film Screening - "Granito: How to Nail a Dictator"

Gene Siskel Film Center - Chicago, IL

Almost 30 years after her critically acclaimed film WHEN THE MOUNTAINS TREMBLE told the story of Guatemala's "hidden war," during which government death squads worked to squelch a fledgling democracy movement, filmmaker [Pamela] Yates discovers that her trove of outtakes contains the evidence likely to convict the perpetrators of genocide.  With all the tension of a political thriller, GRANITO unreels a haunting tale of crimes against humanity brought to light.  In the film's race to the finish, efforts spearheaded by Guatemalan exile Rigoberta Menchu, winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize, deliver dictator General Rios Montt to his day in court.  In Spanish and English with English subtitles.  If there is no post-film audience discussion at the theater, we will gather afterward for a discussion at a nearby café.   http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/granito-how-nail-dictator