El Comité

El Comité
Directed byMateo Herrera
Directed by
Mateo Herrera
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.
hostage-taking
prison riot
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