Examines the use of torture over the past half-century * Describes its horrific application in military and political settings and explores its profound human cost * Features interviews with confessed practitioners of the gruesome craft, and exposes interrogation methods developed and carried out by French army officers against Algerian independence fighters, by British police against the IRA, by American troops against the Viet Cong, and other shocking occurrences in South America and South Africa * The employment of physical and psychological abuse as a weapon against guerilla and opposition groups parallels current dilemmas in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay * Only available in the US and Canada* 53 minutes * Closed Caption