Under the Hood, a Voyage into the World of Torture

20081 h 47 min 6 secFilm: Documentary

PG

Direction: Patricio Henríquez

Production: Patricio Henríquez (Macumba DOC inc.)Colette Loumède (National Film Board of Canada)Robert Cornellier (Macumba DOC inc.)Raymonde ProvencherYves Bisaillon (National Film Board of Canada)

Script: Patricio Henríquez

Produced by Macumba DOC inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada with the financial participation of the Film and Television Tax Credit - Gestion SODEC, Telefilm Canada, SODEC - Société de développement des entreprises culturelles - Québec, Rogers Documentary Fund, The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, and with the collaboration of Télé-Québec.

September 11, 2001 saw the birth of a new world order. The war against terror now allows institutionalized violence to be exercised with full impunity. The documentary Under the Hood, a Voyage into the World of Torture retraces the stories of several people who were illegally tortured by democratic countries convinced of their absolute right to do so. It tells the unknown stories of the victims of a new barbarity and gives a human face to the suffering. Patricio Henríquez looks back at the history of torture, which was systematized by the Catholic Inquisition in the Middle Ages, as well as at the shameful history of American complicity with torturers, and calls for vigilance. Unless we believe in our collective values, we may be pushed to self-destruction by a new totalitarianism.

Subject categories


  • Foreign Countries > International Perspectives
  • Politics and Government > Political Repression
  • Social Issues > Violence
  • History > World History

Credits


writer
Patricio Henríquez
director
Patricio Henríquez
producer
Patricio Henríquez
Colette Loumède
editor
Andrea Henriquez
images
Sylvestre Guidi
Dominic Morissette
Patricio Henríquez
François Beauchemin
sound location
Karim Amin
Martin Asturias
Diego Cardone
Luc Côté
Korbett Matthews
Chady Roukoz
Philippe Scultéty
computer graphics
Kara Blake
sound editing
Claude Langlois
mix
Shelley Craig
original music
Robert Marcel Lepage
musician
Robert Marcel Lepage
Pierre-Yves Martel
Isaiah Ceccarelli
Yanik Cloutier
Denis Plante
Guy Ross
Olivier Thouin
Stéphane Allard
Sheila Hannigan
Carla Antoun
music recording
Benoit Durand-Jodoin
music mix
Benoit Durand-Jodoin
music editing
Pascal Shefteshy
research
Korbett Matthews
Catherine Pappas
Patricio Henríquez
supplementary footage
Fernando Lopez Escriva
assistant editor
Marek Bagga
Marina Popova
production assistant
Iona Arrufat
Owen Davies
Charles Latour
Jacques Latour
Fernando Lopez Escriva
interpreter
Tufan Mukamil
Vicky Raad
translation
Kamel Bouzeboudjen
Paul Carvalho
Saif Fazel Ullah
Arezo Yousufzai
transcription
Fernando Boudon
Andrea Henriquez
Coline Six
archives research
Marek Bagga
John Loggins
clearances
Marek Bagga
John Loggins
foley
Stéphane Cadotte
foley assistant
Mark Hylard
online editing
Jean-Marie Boissonault
titles
Denis Boisvert
Marina Popova
Gaspard Gaudreau
Denis Gathelier
technical support - editing
Pierre Dupont
Martine Forget
Isabelle Painchaud
Danielle Raymond
Ariel Santana
technical advisor
Denis Boisvert
production director
Korbett Matthews
production coordinator
Mélanie Lasnier
Nathalie Cloutier
administrator
John Chretien
Manon Provencher
marketing manager
François Jacques
marketing manager - assistance
Solen Labrie Trépanier
technical coordinator
Richard Cliche
administrative assistant
Dominique Brunet
associate producer
Maryse Chapdelaine
Christiane Germain
executive producer
Robert Cornellier
Patricio Henríquez
Raymonde Provencher
Yves Bisaillon
Colette Loumède

Awards


  • Best Documentary: SocietyPrix Gémeaux
  • Best DocumentaryGala Québec Cinéma