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A film by Pamela Yates, Paco de Onís & Peter Kinoy
Produced by Skylight Pictures
USA | 2004 | 94' | 60'
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A country faces a terrorist threat and in a desperate search for security, transforms its democracy into a state of fear.
The country is Peru, but the story is disturbingly familiar in today's world as the current U.S. "war on terror" unfolds with startling parallels - the terrorist threat, anti-terrorist legislation, an attempted military solution, the roles of intelligence and the media in the use of fear to manipulate public opinion, and the assault on democracy.
STATE OF FEAR highlights the long and courageous campaign of resistance by human rights activists and civil society in Peru and their role in the ultimate collapse of President Alberto Fujimori's regime.
Today the subsequent Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission, empowered by the new government uncovers the truth about terrorism. As Peruvians now live in the aftermath of a "war on terror", the story revealed by their Truth Commission provides a sobering cautionary tale to the world. Guiding us through this journey is the engaging voice and charismatic presence of Carlos Iván Degregori, leading Peruvian intellectual, opinion-shaper, and political observer. From his early encounters with Dr. Abimael Guzmán, leader of the terrorist organization Shining Path, to recently serving on Peru's historic Truth Commission, Degregori is uniquely qualified to describe, as a protagonist, every chapter of Peru's "war on terror".
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