Documentary narrated by actress Susan Sarandon that portrays the dramatic trajectory of Father Roy Bourgeois and his struggle to expose all of the truth about the notorious American schools for training for torture: Army School of the Americas (SOA).

     In addition, the film raises issues concerning human rights and intervention frequent, on the part of the United States, in Latin America, with arguments from the Pentagon to explain the reasons for maintaining such schools.

     The documentary shows that many of the abuses of human rights on record in Latin America were committed by men trained by the SOA. Denouncing secret cases of U.S. involvement, Father Roy and 24 militants were arrested because of their pacifist protest in demanding that these military schools be closed. Born in Louisiana and the leader of the campaign, Father Roy was accused of civil disobedience, and served a sentence of six months in prison.

     What began as a battle on the part of only one man, became a crusade of thousands of activists, and won the support of the American Congress that have voted a cut in funds to SOA.