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State Of Fear

Directed by Pamela Yates

• Audience Award - 2005 Amnesty International USA EXPOSE Film Festival
• Henry Hampton Award for Excellence in Film & Video
• Opening Night Film - 2005 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

Synopsis

State of Fear takes place in Peru, yet serves as a cautionary tale for a world engaged in a "global war on terror". It dramatizes the human and societal costs a democracy faces when it embarks on a "war" against terror, a "war" potentially without end, all too easily exploited by unscrupulous leaders seeking personal political gain.

About the director

Pamela Yates

Pamela Yates is the recipient of a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship. She is the Director of the Sundance Award winning “When the Mountains Tremble”, the Producer of the Emmy Award winning “Loss of Innocence”, and the Executive Producer of the Academy Award winning “Witness to War”.

• "In all my years of working in the field of international human rights, I have never seen a film that so successfully describes a national struggle for justice and its universal implications."
• "State of Fear is a must-see film for educators and activists working in the field of international human rights and Latin American studies."
  - Juan E. Méndez, President, International Center for Transitional Justice and United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
• "State of Fear is a masterpiece."
  - Cynthia McClintock, Professor of Political Science, George Washington University
• "...remarkably fair, coherent and well documented. On Peru at this point it's the gold standard; it has no peer."
  - Alexander Wilde, Chair, Board of Directors, Washington Office on Latin America

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Embraced by human rights activists around the world

An unforgettable array of characters takes us down a troubling road peopled by perpetrators and victims, and bystanders who only watched as the horror unfolded. But it is also the story of courageous Peruvians who fought to maintain their democracy and defend human rights, and persevered in their quest for truth and justice.

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