Learning on ScreenRub’El Kurus
- Alternative title
- Beneath the Cross
- Synopsis
- 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 Maya-Q’eqchi villagers to reconstruct their communities and come to terms with their violent past.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.
- Year of production
- 1997
- Availability
- Sale; 2001 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Subjects
- Anthropology
- Keywords
- communities; conflict; Guatemala
Credits
- Director
- Carlos Flores
Distributor
- Name
Royal Anthropological Institute
- Contact
- Susanne Hammacher (Film Officer)
- film@therai.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.therai.org.uk/film/film-sales External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7387 0455
- Fax
- 020 7388 8817
- Address
- 50 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 5BT - Notes
- The Institute sells more than 250 anthropology and ethnology titles on video and DVD, including some produced by students and staff of the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology. There is also a large library of internationally produced film and video productions from which items may be borrowed within the UK.
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