BigList
Login / Sign up
The Fall of Fujimori (2006)

The Fall of Fujimori (2006)

Documentary

When democracy and terrorism collide.

Release Date: 2006, May 5
Directors: Ellen Perry
Countries: United States of America
Cast: Alberto Fujimori

Overview:

A character-driven, political-thriller documentary that explores the volatile events that defined Alberto Fujimoris decade-long reign of Peru: His meteoric rise from son of poor Japanese immigrants to the presidency; his fateful relationship with the shadowy and Machiavellian Vladimiro Montesinos; his self-coup that dissolved overnight both Congress and the Judiciary.

Keywords:

woman director government hostage-taking self-coup