ICTJ congratulates Skylight Pictures on the latest film in its transitional justice series, "Granito: How to Nail a Dictator."
The film is currently on its worldwide festival tour, and has been awarded the Peace and Reconciliation Prize at the Geneva Human Rights Film Festival and the Grand Prix at the Paris International Human Rights Film Festival. ICTJ provided transitional justice expertise and served as a key outreach partner for the film.
"Granito," meaning "tiny grain of sand," invokes the ideas and possibilities of collective change. The film highlights this concept and the connections between documentation and the pursuit of justice. The story follows an unlikely twist of events, when footage from the director's first film about conflict in Guatemala, "When the Mountains Tremble," re-emerged as evidence in the genocide case 25 years later.
“Granito” also explores recently discovered national police archives and DNA evidence retrieved during the exhumations of Guatemala’s mass graves, evidence coming together in the continuing effort to end impunity for mass human rights crimes.
Listen to the Podcast
[Download](/sites/default/files/Yates_ICTJ_Podcast_03172011.mp3) | Duration: 8mins | File size: 4.6MBIn this week’s podcast, Pamela Yates, director of "Granito," talks about making the film, its relevance to transitional justice, and her experiences working in Guatemala.
"Granito" will be playing in New York on the opening night film of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival June 17th. Check out the trailer, and the Skylight Pictures Kickstarter campaign to join them on an indie run to bring social justice to the Oscars 2012.
