Granito2011

In a startling loop of time and memory, GRANITO shows how a filmmaker's first documentary has been instrumental to indict Guatemalan ex-dictator Ríos Montt. Back 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. GRANITO is about the remarkable impact of a film on a nation's fight for justice, dramatically entered as evidence to bring a dictator to justice and give Mayan people their day in court. It is an inside, as-it-happens account of the way a new generation of human rights activists operates in a globalized world. GRANITO shows how each individual's effort becomes a tiny grain of sand, a Granito to tip the scales of justice.