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  1. Backstrap Weaving: Traditional Weaving in Guatemala and Mexico (1998 Video)

    Producer
    Janet Willougby
    Subject
    Anthropology; Crafts
    Distribution
    DVD

    Shows backstrap weaving, a skill widely practiced in Guatemala and Mexico, where it is a common sight to see weavers sitting down to weave. Complex and colourful designs reflecting thousands of years of...

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  2. No Nos Tientes: The Students of Guatemala (1994 Video)

    aka: Don’t Tempt Us

    Director
    Christine List
    Producer
    Amy Beer; Christine List
    Subject
    Politics & government; Spanish studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL, NTSC). col. 50 min., 1995 sale: £50.00 (+p&p)

    A documentary about the student movement for social change in Guatamala. Shot in urban ghettos, rural villages and jungle encampments, it focus on the struggles of a group of students during the country’s...

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  3. Highland Maya, The: A Case Study in Economic Anthropology (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Looks at the complex interweaving of economics and religion known as the ‘cargo’ system, which is found among the Highland Maya of Mexico and Guatemala.

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  4. Under the Gun: Democracy in Guatemala (1987 Video)

    Director
    Patricia Goudvis; Robert Richter
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

    Investigates the state of democracy in Guatemala following the inauguration of Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arevalo as president in January 1986. Questions how the government is confronting the pressing issues of...

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  5. When the Mountains Tremble (1983 Film, Video)

    Director
    Thomas Sigel; Pamela Yates
    Producer
    Peter Kinay
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Documentary narrated by a Quichi Indian in Guatemala, who tells both her story and the story of the country as a whole from the military coup in 1954, through the growth of resistance and acts of terrorism...

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  6. Cost of Cotton, The (1979 Film)

    Producer
    Luis Argueta; David Temple
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Documents excessive and uncontrolled use of pesticides in Guatemala. The country’s cotton production depends on aerial spraying of pesticides every two or three days during the harvest. The consequences...

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  7. Cakchiquel Maya of San Antonio PalopÓ (1991 Video)

    Director
    Bruce MacDonald
    Producer
    Bruce MacDonald
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The Mayan Indians of the village of San Antonio Palopó on the shores of Lake Atitlán in Guatemala live in much the same way as their 16th-century Mayan ancestors. Yet, with economic development, things are...

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  8. Alfredo Ceibal: A Painter of Magical Realism (1992 Video)

    Director
    Anjana Patel; Christopher Spencer
    Producer
    Tariq Ali
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

    About the work of the exiled Guatemalan artist, whose miniaturised oil paintings are influenced by the events and characters of his country.

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  9. Rub’El Kurus (1997 Video)

    aka: Beneath the Cross

    Director
    Carlos Flores
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2001 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    During the 1980s the Guatemalan army launched ruthless counter-insurgency campaings against indigenous communities, killing or displacing thousands. This film documents the struggle of a group of...

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  10. Granito: How to Nail a Dictator (2012)

    Director
    Pamela Yates
    Producer
    Paco de Onis
    Subject
    Law; Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 103 minutes), $29.95

    A documentary focused on the role of filmic and archival documentation in the prosecution of a genocide case. During Guatemala’s brutal civil war, filmmaker Pamela Yates captured damning footage of the...

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