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Father Roy: Inside the School of the Assassins
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"One of the outstanding documentaries of 1997."
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The Abu Ghraib prison scandal and other examples of U.S. military abuse, have a history. A key part of it is revealed in Father Roy: Inside the School of Assassins. Through his extraordinary life and daring actions we learn about Fr. Roy Bourgeois and his struggle to find and reveal the truth about the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA), and growing efforts by grassroots activists and Congress to shut it down. In the documentary Fr. Roy -- a Vietnam War hero -- meets three men, each from a different Latin American country, who link SOA to torture training. One, a victim of that training, found an SOA teaching manual on torture. The other two were taught torture techniques at SOA. In 1996 the White House Intelligence Oversight Board confirmed their explosive charges and the Secretary of Defense at the time declared this would never happen again. Guantanamo and Iraq reflect the different and troubling policies of the current Secretary of Defense. Under its new name, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, SOA continues. So does the growing campaign by tens of thousands of college students and others to shut SOA. Book the filmmaker with this or other of his films by emailing rrprod@aol.com . Robert Richter has appeared with his work at over 50 universities and colleges. SPECIAL FEATURES Check new streaming option at www.newdaydigital.com Appropriate for:
57 minutes • VHS
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REVIEWS "Powerful...recommended for all video collections." "A straight ahead, thoughtful expos...sways you with the facts." "Persuasive." "Chilling." "Inspiring."
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