Movie
El Comité
2006 · 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.
- Director
- Mateo Herrera
- Writer
- Mateo Herrera
- Producer
- Jorge Núñez