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El Comité (2006)
Directed by Mateo Herrera
Documentary · 1h 33m
A documentary chronicle of the prisoners’ takeover of the Garcia Moreno Penitentiary in Quito, Ecuador. The prisoners find they suddenly have a voice after they take 360 people hostage, and a pattern of abuse and corruption by the guards toward the prisoners becomes clear after lengthy negotiations.
Crew
- Director
- Mateo Herrera
- Writer
- Mateo Herrera
- Director of Photography
- François Laso
- Editor
- Mateo Herrera
- Producer
- Jorge Núñez
Details
- Release date
- 2006-03-26
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Ecuador