This is the second part of an ambitious documentary on Argentine history and politics. Part I, shown Monday July 25, was a sweeping chronicle of the years 1930 to 1976; Part II takes as its subject a much smaller period of time, 1976 to 1983, and gives it a depth of treatment informed by urgency. This was probably the country's darkest period, when it suffered under a reign of state terror unprecedented in Latin American history. What is revealed here seems a cross between Hitlerian reality and Kafkaesque fiction. Following the overthrow of Isabel Peron's conservative democracy, the military was to establish its repressive rule on such statements as "Democracy is the sign of a healthy nation; ours is too sick for it," and "Our society is insane, so orders must be followed without question." The Congress and the Supreme Court were put out of business; kidnapings, torture, summary executions and the (now) well documented "disappearances" followed. Filmmaker Miguel Pérez interviews survivors and relatives, interweaving their recollections with footage of government propaganda and choice quotes from the likes of General Videla. The Malvinas/Falklands war is portrayed as a clever move to unite the nation, but it was not long before the Plaza de Mayo again filled with outraged citizens. The return of democracy with the election of Rául Alfonsín marks an almost suspiciously upbeat end to what has been so consistently tragic a story.