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Under the Hood: A Voyage Into the World of Torture (2008)

Under the Hood: A Voyage Into the World of Torture poster
Directed by
Patricio Henriquez
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 47m
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This documentary examines how torture has been used as a political tool. It looks at examples from military dictatorships in Latin America and from American detention camps during the war on terror.

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Under the Hood: A Voyage Into the World of Torture (French: Sous la cagoule, un voyage au bout de la torture) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Patricio Henríquez and released in 2008. Marking a transition between the focus on Chilean history in his earlier films and the more international focus of his later career, the film documents the use of torture as a tool of political and social oppression, both in historical contexts such as the military dictatorships in Chile, Argentina and Guatemala, and in the then-contemporary context of the Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay detention camps during the early 2000s war on terror. The film premiered at the 2008 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, and had its Canadian premiere at the 2008 Vancouver International Film Festival. The film won the Jutra Award for Best Documentary Film at the 11th Jutra Awards in 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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