{"id":3541,"date":"2013-08-12T19:32:40","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T00:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/modernlatinamerica\/?page_id=3541"},"modified":"2013-08-12T19:32:40","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T00:32:40","slug":"guatemala-latin-america-at-the-movies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/modernlatinamerica\/chapters\/chapter-15-culture-and-society\/latin-america-at-the-movies\/guatemala-latin-america-at-the-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Guatemala – Latin America at the Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guatemala<\/span><\/p>\n

Amargos recuerdos: Bitter Memories (United States), 2000.
\n<\/strong>Filmed during the exhumation, in northern Huehuetenango, of Guatemalans massacred by the military in 1982, this videotape features interviews with survivors and family members of those killed, as well as Mayan ceremonies in honor of the dead. The exhumations were carried out in order to obtain information about the massacres and help in determining compensation for their victims.<\/p>\n

<\/i>Discovering Dominga (United States), 2002.
\n<\/strong>Denese Becker, born Dominga Sic Ruiz, is a survivor of the 1982 Rio Negro massacre in Guatemala. Nine years old at the time of the massacre, during which both of her parents were killed, Denese was adopted by an American family and raised in Iowa. As an adult she begins to confront her memories and nightmares, returning to Guatemala almost twenty years after the massacre and ultimately becoming an advocate for the victims and survivors at great personal cost.<\/p>\n

The Houses are Full of Smoke — En el humo de esta epoca (United States), 1987.
\n<\/strong>Describes the social and structural devastation resulting from CIA involvement in Guatemala.<\/p>\n

El Norte — The North (United States and Great Britain), 1983.
\n<\/strong>After their father is killed, a brother and sister leave their native\u00a0Guatemala<\/strong>\u00a0and journey north to the “promised land.”<\/p>\n

El silencio de Neto — The Silence of Neto (Guatemala), 1998.
\n<\/strong>Filmed in the colonial city of Antigua, this film tells the story of a young boy’s coming of age while his country struggles to preserve democracy amidst CIA cold-war propaganda. Through the eyes of young Neto, the viewer is given an authentic insider’s look at the diverse people of Guatemala and the historical events in the mid-1950’s that have shaped their destiny.<\/p>\n

<\/i>Voice of a Mountain (United States), 2008.
\n<\/strong>Voice of a mountain is a video documentary of the lives of rural Guatemalan coffee farmers who took arms against their government in a civil war that lasted 36 years. … The documentary gives insight into their motives for joining an armed conflict as interviews reveal personal accounts of struggle, hope, tragedy, and the fruits of their resistance.<\/p>\n

Yankee Years (United States), 1995.
\n<\/strong>Reviews the economic and military role of the U.S. in various Latin American countries from the late 1890’s to 1958. Concentrates on the connection between dictatorship and U.S. interests in Cuba and Guatemala. Details growing national self-awareness which fueled rising hostility to American interference. Includes rare early footage of the Spanish American War, the building of the Panama Canal and the United Fruit Company of Boston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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