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- 2006
- Skylight Pictures
- 1 h 34 m
- 2006
- Skylight Pictures
- 1 h 34 m
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)
Written By: Pamela Yates
- 2006
- Skylight Pictures
- 1 h 34 m
- 2006
- Skylight Pictures
- 1 h 34 m
State of Fear
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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)
Written By: Pamela Yates
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
74
89% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
11% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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Pamela Yates's harrowing documentary chronicles 20 years of terror, brutality and repression.
Firm dates and more detailed historical background would have better served the filmmakers' purpose than their "chronological narrative relay race," which muddles an already complex situation.
Builds to a key point about the consequences of democracies fighting terrorism by erasing its central tenets, but in doing so, it doesn't underplay the horrors wrought by Guzmán's organization.
An informative if shrill primer on the last 35 years of Peruvian plight, the new doc State of Fear may only be effective as an educational tool for Americans, whose media have told them next to nothing about one of the Western Hemisphere's most horrifying killing fields.
Yates makes good use of her access to participants in Peru's Truth Commission, creating both an engaging historical survey and a timely warning about the perils of declaring war on terror.
An informative and valuable documentary about the past 30 years of messy times in Peru, but it is also frustrating.
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Production Company
Skylight Pictures
Release Date Jan 11, 2006
Duration 1 h 34 m
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Tagline The Truth About Terrorism