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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...
America claims to support freedom and democracy abroad but does history really support this idea? An internal government memorandum of 1948 said "We have about 50% of the world’s wealth but only 6% of its...
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...
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...
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.
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...
About the work of the exiled Guatemalan artist, whose miniaturised oil paintings are influenced by the events and characters of his country.
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...
Five thousand years ago, the first cities in the world were built on the land between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq. Here was the first writing, the first law, the first science -...
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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