Rub'el Kurus
Description
During the 1980s the Guatemalan army launched ruthless counter-insurgency campaigns against indigenous communities, killing or displacing thousands. Based on a collaboration with an indigenous filmmakers, this film documents the struggle of a group of Maya-Q'eqchi' villages to reconstruct their communities and come to terms with their violent past.
Runtime
47 minutes
Subjects
- Victims of state-sponsored terrorism (5)
- Political persecution (13)
- Kekchi Indians (1)
- State-sponsored terrorism (7)
Geography
Genre
Database
Alexander Street