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In December 2005 Toño Zuniga was picked up off the street in Mexico City, Mexico, and sentenced to 20 years for a murder he knew nothing about. A friend of Toño's contacted two young lawyers, Roberto Hernández and Layda Negrete, who gained prominence in Mexico when they helped bring about the

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In December 2005 Toño Zuniga was picked up off the street in Mexico City, Mexico, and sentenced to 20 years for a murder he knew nothing about. A friend of Toño's contacted two young lawyers, Roberto Hernández and Layda Negrete, who gained prominence in Mexico when they helped bring about the release of another innocent man from prison. Looking into Toño's case, Roberto and Layda managed to get a retrial--on camera--and enlisted the help of filmmaker Geoffrey Smith to chronicle the saga. Shot over three years with unprecedented access to the Mexican courts and prisons, this dramatic story is a searing indictment of a justice system that presumes guilt..

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Title: Presunto culpable
[videorecording]

Publisher: Videomax , Distrimax, SA de CV

Alternate Title: Presumed guilty [videorecording]
Presunto culpable : esperanza le devolvió la libertad que la injusticia le arrebató [videorecording]

Additional Contributors: Heredia, Rafaél
Gutiérrez, Eva
Zúñiga, Antonio
Negrete, Layda
Smith, Geoffrey
Hernández, Roberto

Imprint: San Miguel Chapultepec, Mexico : - Videomax , Distrimax, SA de CV

Edition: Widescreen

Language: Spanish

Awards & Distinctions: Festival de Cine de Los Angeles 2010, Premio de la Audiencia; Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia 2009, Premio al Mejor Documental.

Credits: Cinematography, John Grillo, Amir Galván, Damián Sánchez, Lorenzo Hagerman editing by Felipe Gómez, Roberto Hernández ; music, Camilo Froideval, Raúl Vizzi, Toy Hernández.

Performers: Interview subjects: Antonio Zúñiga, Eva Gutiérrez, Rafaél Heredia.

Notes: True/False Film Festival.
True/False Film Fest entry.
DVD release of the 2008 motion picture.
In Spanish with optional English or French subtitles.
DVD-video; 2.0 stereo ; Regions 1 and 4; widescreen (1.76), 16x9.

Statement of responsibility: Abogados con Cámara presentan una película de Roberto Hernández y Layda Negrete ; en coproducción con Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Conaculta, y Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad (Foprocine-México) ; dirigida por Roberto Hernández y Geoffrey Smith ; producida por Layda Negrete ... [et al.]

Characteristics: 1 videodisc (88 min.) :,sd, . col. ;,4 3/4 in.

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