The Trial

Following the collapse of the Argentinian dictatorship, the new democratically elected government held a judicial trial of nine high-ranking representatives of the military Junta. The accused were prosecuted with crimes that included kidnapping, torture, forced disappearance, and the murder of over 8000 thousand people from 1976-1983. The trial was recorded for broadcast television on over 500 hours of U-matic tape; Ulises de la Orden’s film is crafted entirely from the resulting material. The resulting film stands as a compelling and vital document of the importance of bearing witness and legal process.