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  • Summary: In this documentary, the spectacular beauty of Peru is juxtaposed with the disturbing revelations of that nation's Truth Commission detailing a 20-year reign of terror. (Film Forum)

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  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
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  1. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    90
    One of the most remarkable explorations of recent history ever conducted.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    80
    Pamela Yates's harrowing documentary chronicles 20 years of terror, brutality and repression.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    75
    Pamela Yates' unblinking chronicle of recent Peruvian history paints a devastating picture of a people nearly destroyed by their own leaders.
  4. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    50
    An informative and valuable documentary about the past 30 years of messy times in Peru, but it is also frustrating.

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