La Isla - Guatemalan Feature in Silverdocs Tuesday and Thursday

FYI:

LA ISLA - ARCHIVES OF A TRAGEDY

In this artfully rendered film, Guatemala’s violent history of
repression at the hands of extremist political regimes is laid bare
following the discovery of a vast archive of secret police documents.
Found near the site of La Isla—a notorious extrajudicial prison—the
cache details with chilling specificity the surveillance, torture and
killing of thousands of civilians targeted by the country’s succession
of fanatical right-wing governments. As a team of dedicated forensic
specialists undertakes the arduous task of sorting through the files,
the voices of the disappeared rise again to challenge the culture of
impunity that has plagued this troubled nation.


Post-screening discussion with filmmaker Uli Stelzner, Tani Adams,
Research Director, Institute of Learning for Social Reconciliation
(Guatemala), and Guatemalan Ambassador to the US Francisco Villagran.
Moderated by Tom Gjelten, NPR Senior Correspondent

Playing as part of

AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs International Documentary Festival

Showtimes:
Tuesday June 22nd 1:30 PM
Thursday June 24th 1:45 PM

Location:
AFI Silver Theatre
8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD 20910
T: 301-495-6700

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