State of Fear

Name: State of Fear
Genre: Documentary
Released: January 11, 2006
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 74

2006

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Skylight Pictures | Release Date: January 11, 2006

Summary: In this documentary, the spectacular beauty of Peru is juxtaposed with the disturbing revelations of that nation's Truth Commission detailing a 20-year reign of terror. (Film Forum)

Director: Pamela Yates

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 94 min

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Andrew O'Hehir

One of the most remarkable explorations of recent history ever conducted. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Pamela Yates's harrowing documentary chronicles 20 years of terror, brutality and repression. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Pamela Yates' unblinking chronicle of recent Peruvian history paints a devastating picture of a people nearly destroyed by their own leaders. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Builds to a key point about the consequences of democracies fighting terrorism by erasing its central tenets, but in doing so, it doesn't underplay the horrors wrought by Guzmán's organization. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

So strong are the perceived parallels between the Peruvian situation described in State of Fear and the sociopolitical dynamics of the current U.S. war on terror that filmmakers have trouble, in post-screening Q&As, returning the discussion to the historical subject at hand. Read full review

Reece Pendleton

Yates makes good use of her access to participants in Peru's Truth Commission, creating both an engaging historical survey and a timely warning about the perils of declaring war on terror. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

An informative and valuable documentary about the past 30 years of messy times in Peru, but it is also frustrating. Read full review

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77	#77 Best Movie of 2006

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