Introduction
John Dinges
"I'm a journalist, not a human rights activist. For me the decision was how I could investigate and tell the truth about what was happening and overcome the veil of fear, secrecy and impunity that kept most people -- willingly or not -- from seeing what was going on in Chile, both inside and outside the country."
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Mark Ensalaco
"Few anticipated that Guzmán -- a conservative judge who openly confesses that his support for the coup was his "original sin" -- would conduct a serious prosecution in the foreboding political climate in Chile ... [but his] commitment to the rule of law, his sense of common human decency and his empathy towards those who had suffered under 'Pinochetismo' drove him on."
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Naomi Roht-Arriaza
"It takes the confluence of courageous individuals and social conditions to create change. Happily, even though Pinochet died without a final trial and conviction, some 300 of his officials, including the major remaining masterminds, have been indicted, tried and convicted."
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Carol Tavris
"Evil acts are far more commonly perpetrated by good people who justify the evil they do in order to preserve their belief that they are good people. This documentary shows that there but for the grace of our circumstances and decisions most of us, too, could be Pinochet -- and we could be Guzmán."
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