GRANITO: HOW TO NAIL A DICTATOR

Almost thirty 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 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 Menchú, winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize, deliver dictator General Ríos Montt to his day in court. In Spanish and English with English subtitles. HDCAM video. (BS)