It describes the struggle of the largely Indian peasantry against a heritage of state and foreign oppression. Centered on the experiences of Rigoberta Menchú, the film is a prequel to 'Granito: How to Nail a Dictator.'
"Part political thriller, part memoir, Yates transports us back in time through a riveting, haunting tale of genocide and returns to the present with a cast of characters joined by destiny and the quest to bring a malevolent dictator to justice."
Contemporary Culture
Music
Take a tour through the creations of "one of the only living composers this side of the Atlantic to create his own instruments": Inside Joaquín Orellana: The Spine of Music, recommended by Rodrigo Fuentes
Calling themselves Balam Ajpu, which means Jaguar Warrior or Warrior of Light, they rap in the ancient Mayan Tz’utujil language with the goal of making it cool for kids and teaching them their ancestors’ stories and ways.
A collaborative project that seeks to reveal, activate, provoke or transform the ways in which we understand historic memory, repression, healing and forms of utopia or dystopia emerging in Guatemala.
Guatemalan writer and director Jayro Bustamante tells the story of the weeping woman through a political drama that follows a retired Guatemalan dictator found guilty of the genocide of tens of thousands of native lxil Mayan people during the early 1980s.
In this dreamlike fusion of documentary and fable, two young, impoverished Mayan lovers escape from their servitude on a remote Guatemalan coffee plantation and attempt to make their way to the United States.
Set in 2018 Guatemala. Ernesto, a young forensic anthropologist tasked with identifying missing victims of the country’s 36-year civil war, believes he might have found a lead that will guide him to his own father, a guerrillero who went missing during the war.
Report on the effects of natural disasters on infrastructure and agriculture, the pandemic’s impact, government failures, and organized crime in Guatemala’s migration crisis.
UN report on how youth are fighting back against violence and drug trafficking by making their voices heard. Mentions:
Filmed in the northern region of Alta Verapaz, which is one of the cardamom-producing regions in Guatemala.
How cartels recruit impoverished youth
How the creation of Association of Friends of Development & Peace program (part of UN/UNDP) is helping youth envision a new future for their country by training them to be local community leaders.
Kimberly Mejía Gúzman and her family, who moved from Guatemala to Anchorage. Driven by the hope for new and better opportunities, Kimberly's family soon discovered how difficult it is to adapt to a new lifestyle far from home.
