Film: "The night of the pencils"

"The night of the pencils" (Argentina, 1986) The brutal kidnapping,
torture, and killing of six out of seven high school students in 1976 is
the subject of this powerful docudrama, a highly-charged, emotionally
gripping condemnation of Argentina's military rulers at that time. One of
the students survived the ordeal, and this story is based on his
experiences and knowledge of what happened. These students, five boys and
two girls, first led a successful campaign for a reduction in student bus
fares under the rule of Isabel Peron. When the military took over the
government, they laid down oppressive restrictions on student activities.
These same seven students campaigned against the restrictions via grafitti
and leaflets. As a consequence, policemen in the guise of civilians raided
each of their homes on the same evening, brought them to hidden detention
sites and proceeded to tie them up, humiliate them verbally and
psychologically, blindfold them, and torture them. Their objective was to
extract false confessions from them, saying they were involved with the
guerrilla movement. All but one died under interrogation, none of their
relatives were able to find out where they were kept, and the government
blatantly denied all knowledge of the seven. If it were not for the one
survivor, the truth may never have come out (Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie
Guide).Presented by Carlos Moreno