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movies BY JOHN LOCANTHI Yates, a Spanish lawyer, and others to bring former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt to justice in an international court. Before this, however, the viewer is treated to a lot of clips and B-roll from the When the Mountains Tremble. This older footage gives viewers a sketch of what happened in that Latin American country in 1981- 2, for those who haven’t seen the original documentary. Yates rarely misses a chance to show herself in these clips, in case you were curious just who was documenting the living hell that had become most rural, indigenous Guatemalans’ lives. Hundreds of thousands were “disappeared” under the brutal military regimes propped up by Uncle Sam. In recent years, as Granito shows, researchers and investigators have found reams of evidence and obtained un- classifi ed documents to prove these orders were coming from the highest levels of the military. But the Guatemalan government refused to let Ríos Montt be extradited and tried for his crimes. There will be no ultimate justice, but it remains important to remember the atrocities of the past and treasure those civilians that survived. From Activism to (New) Zealand Film festival brings an alphabet soup of documentaries D ocumentaries come in many different forms. Originally a very dry, informative genre, in recent years the documentary has morphed into self-proclaiming activism and even philosophical essays that deliberately mislead the viewer, as in Orson Welles’ F for Fake. The Good Works Film Festival in town this week at Bijou Cinemas and the Hult features a selection that runs the gamut from traditional documentaries to Michael Moore imitators spending as much time discussing themselves as their subject. Granito: How to Nail a Dictator When the Mountains Tremble, a documentary about the Guatemalan genocide in the early 1980s, fi rst aired at GENERAL ORDERS NO. 9 PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NY TIMES C I N E M A S 6:00 7:45 ENDS TONIGHT! 5:00 MAGIC TRIP for Oct 6 - 13 A R T 492 East 13 th 686-2458 ENDS TONIGHT! 5:30 7:40 5:00 7:00 9:00 goodworksfilmfestival.org SOON: COLOR ME OBSESSED: A FILM ABOUT THE REPLACEMENTS THE OREGONIAN MIRANDA JULY’S THE FUTURE PROJECT NIM HIGHER GROUND BELLFLOWER TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL PASSIONE TAKE SHELTER THE LAST CIRCUS RESTLESS SENNA THE ROOM bijou-cinemas.com 6:00 6:00 6:00 POINT BLANK Discover feature film details, watch trailers, create your personalized festival 7:00 schedule and buy tickets online at TABLOID ENDS TONIGHT! The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls A yodeling musical comedy show put on by lesbian twins from the backwoods of New Zealand? It sounds too exotic to be true, but the Topp Twins have become cultural icons in their native land. Untouchable Girls follows Jools and Lynda Topp through the early days of working on their parents’ farm and performing on the Oct 13 Oct 12 Oct 11 Oct 10 Oct 9 Oct 8 Oct 7 Oct 6 THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUES WED THU the inaugural Sundance Film Festival. The movie caused an international uproar and resulted in Rigoberta Menchú, one of the few to speak out about the brutality, winning a Nobel Peace Prize. Pamela Yates made that earth-shattering fi lm, and in 2011’s Granito, she wants you to know it. Styled as part-memoir, part-political thriller, Granito follows the efforts of 5:00 7:00 9:00 5:00 7:00 9:00 5:00 7:00 9:00 HOW THE THE LIFE AND TIMES FIRE FELL OF ALLEN GINSBERG About a Corvallis cult in 1903! 8:00 8:00 w/director Q & A w/director Q & A 8:00 w/director Q & A *Adults—$7*Students w/ID—$6*Seniors—$5*Matinees—$5*Lates—$5*Miser Mondays—$3* Eugene Renter? We want to hear from you! Take the Rental Housing Code Survey { sponsored d b by } showing bijou } h i in at t th the bijo bij {sho thursday, october 20 - saturday, october 22 meet the director {thursday, october 20} Rental Housing Code Program 541-682-8282 34 OCTOBER 6, 2011 EUGENE WEEKLY cinema pacifi c fi lmmaker dialogues series director Gorman Bechard will hold a live Q&A following the 9pm showing WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM
