Latin Noir

In the land of the Zapatistas Augusto Pinochet and Fidel Castro what are the stories Latin Americans have been telling to confront their troubled past The film travels to 5 Latin American cities to meet with famous crime novelists Leonardo Padura Havana Luis Sepulveda Santiago Paco Ignacio Taibo II Mexico City Santiago Roncagliolo Lima and Claudia Pineiro Buenos Aires Through their stories we discover a unique genre of flourishing literature strikingly different from its North American or Nordic counterparts its political dark and crimes are committed by the state itself