The Shining Trench of Chairman Gonzalo

The Shining Trench of Chairman Gonzalo

60 mins | Drama, Documentary | Dec. 8, 2007

A recreation of one day at the Canto Grande prison in Peru, following women guerrillas from the Maoist Shining Path movement in their morning marches to their bedtime chants. Kept isolated in their own cellblocks, the guerrillas refused to acknowledge that were imprisoned. Their cellblocks were another front in the People's War: "shining trenches of combat". This film shows the intense indoctrination and belief system of the brutal Latin American insurgency.

The Shining Trench of Chairman Gonzalo

60 mins | Drama, Documentary | Dec. 8, 2007

The Shining Trench of Chairman Gonzalo
A recreation of one day at the Canto Grande prison in Peru, following women guerrillas from the Maoist Shining Path movement in their morning marches to their bedtime chants. Kept isolated in their own cellblocks, the guerrillas refused to acknowledge that were imprisoned. Their cellblocks were another front in the People's War: "shining trenches of combat". This film shows the intense indoctrination and belief system of the brutal Latin American insurgency.
Producers
Original title La trinchera luminosa del presidente Gonzalo
Directors Jim Finn
Writers Jim Finn