The Art of Political Murder is a 2020 American documentary film directed by Paul Taylor, based on the book of the same name by Francisco Goldman.

It follows the murder of Juan José Gerardi Conedera, a human rights activist who was murdered after presenting a damaging report of atrocities committed during the Guatemalan Civil War.

George Clooney and Grant Heslov serve as executive producers under their Smoke House Pictures banner.

[2] Francisco Goldman, who wrote the book on which the film is based, is the child of a Guatemalan mother and spent much of his youth in the country.

[4] HBO Documentary Films announced it would co-produce the screen adaptation of Goldman’s book in May 2019.