Granito: The Power of a tiny grain of sand

Granito: The Power of a tiny grain of sand

Date: 2012-02-28

Event Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
410 SW 9TH ST
NEWPORT, OR, 97365-4725
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Organization: Coastal Progressives of Lincoln and South Tillamook Counties

More Info: http://www.coastalprogressives.org

Description: The Immigration Information Response Team of Lincoln County brings to Newport another socially relevant documentary meant to increase our understanding of human rights and contribute to informed decisions on issues of social change and the public good. Granito: How to Nail a Dictator tells a story that captures a historical moment, the violence that enveloped Guatemala 25 years ago, as a lens through which the filmmaker examines her values and her relationship to her art.

Like “tiny grains of sand,” the filmmaker pieces together the memories and forensic evidence that makes Granito a tipping point in the quest for justice in Guatemala, where in 1982 a genocidal “scorched earth” campaign by the military exterminated nearly 200,000 Maya people. Granito's release added its 'grain of sand' to the quest for justice reached in Guatemala this year, where more perpetrators of the genocide against the Maya people have been arrested, tried and convicted than in the previous 30 years.

Granito has been screened around the world in more than 50 film festivals, including Sundance, where it received a standing ovation. It was the Opening Night Film at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York. It will be screened in Newport on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 6:30 p.m. in the upstairs meeting room of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, SW 9th and Hurbert in Newport. There is no admission charge, and light refreshments will be provided.

For more information, please call 541 265 6216.