The directors of this 1970 film recorded first-hand interviews with former political prisoners of Brazil's military government, revealing the torture that was part of routine interrogation in Brazilian prisons.

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After the kidnapping of the Swiss Ambassador in Brazil in 1970, 70 political prisoners were released from Brazilian prisons and set free in Chile on an exchange agreement. The directors of this film, Haskell Wexler and Saul Landau, went to Chile and recorded first-hand interviews with the former prisoners, revealing the torture that was part of everyday routine interrogation in Brazilian prisons. The film shows reenactments of waterboarding, pau de arara and other medieval and modern "procedures" administered by Brazil's military government.

 

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LEARN MORE:
Haskell Wexler's website
Saul Landau's website
Link's Accountability for Torture webpage

 

WATCH AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FILMMAKERS:

Click here for airdates and times for this interview, Witnesses to the Persecution.