Lesson Plan
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-10
Grades 11-12

Why Do We Remember?: The Pact of Forgetting Film Clips

Film Clips

Clip 1: History and Context (2:25 min.)The clip begins at 4:10 with the slate “1936.” It ends at 6:56 after a politician’s discourse on forgetting. Note: This clip includes graphic historical footage of executions. Warn students before screening. If your class includes students who have been traumatized by violence, you may want to start the clip after the archive footage ends, or keep the screen dark so they can hear the narration, but not see the images.

Clip 2A & 2B: The Lawsuit (3:32 min.)Clip 2A clip begins at 11:20 with human rights attorney Carlos Slepoy saying, “When someone is murdered…” and ends at 14:15 with the presentation of the lawsuit. Clip 2B starts at 16:26 at Argentina’s Palace of Justice and ends at 17:05 with Judge Servini explaining that “crimes against humanity have no statute of limitations. No amnesty can cover them up or prevent their investigation.”

Clip 3: Testifying (3:49 min.)The clip begins at 1:05:30 with slate that says “April 2014.” It ends at 1:10:40 00 after Chato testifies.

Clip 4: Crime Against Humanity? (2:40 min.)The clip begins at 1:12:20 with Chato watching a TV news report about the Spanish government’s refusal to extradite “Billy the Kid” for trial in Argentina. It ends at 1:14:40

Clip 5: Renaming (1:58 min.)The clip begins at 1:26:50 with the narrator saying, “Many Universal Jurisdiction cases never make it to trial.” It ends at 1:28:45 with applause following Madrid’s vote to rename streets that celebrated Franco’s regime and/or Francoists who committed atrocities.

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About the author:

Faith Rogow

Faith Rogow, Ph.D., is the co-author of The Teacher's Guide to Media Literacy: Critical Thinking in a Multimedia World (Corwin, 2012) and past president of the National Association for Media Literacy Education. She has written discussion guides and lesson plans for more than 250 independent films.

Faith Rogow