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Dirty Secrets: Jennifer, Everardo & the CIA in Guatemala
by Pat GoudvisExposing CIA complicity in Guatemalan human rights violations
Jennifer Harbury's courageous search for her missing husband Everardo -- a Mayan rebel leader -- reveals the dark legacy of decades of CIA complicity in Guatemalan human rights abuses. Dirty Secrets tells a remarkable story of speaking truth to power as it follows Harbury through a frightening journey to save Everardo and stop the killing in Guatemala.
A powerful presentation which imaginatively draws us into a macabre world which belongs to both US and Guatemalan history. US citizens need to see this important documentary.
Deborah Levenson-Estrada
Associate Professor of Latin American History, Boston College
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DIRTY SECRETS exposes the world of cover-ups and lies that hide human rights violations. It is a deeply moving tragedy: two lives are drawn together by that which ultimately separates them: state terror.
Carlos M. Salinas
Amnesty International USA
... stimulates student opinion and discussion ... a first-rate educational video in every respect.
Mark Taylor
Professor of Religion and Culture, Princeton Theological Seminary
AWARDS & SCREENINGS:
- San Juan Cinemafest, Puerto Rico
- "Just Solutions: Campaigning for Human Rights" series, PBS
- Northwest Film Center, Portland Art Museum
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- One World 1999 Film Festival, Czech Republic
- Festival Icaro de Video, Guatemala
- Taos Talking Picture Festival
- Denver International Film Festival
- Vermont International Film Festival
- Award of Merit, Latin American Studies Association
- Gold Apple, National Educational Media Network
