Night of the Pencils

*7.0

Status

Released

Production

Aries Cinematográfica Argentina

Aired

1986-09-04

Night of the Pencils

The Night of the Pencils was a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances, followed by the torture, rape, and murder of a number of young students during the last Argentine dictatorship (known as the National Reorganization Process). The kidnappings took place over the course of several days beginning on September 16, 1976.