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Films
3 Films
Region
“Central America”
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Keywords
“Indigenous peoples First Nations peoples”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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films with a digital version
1
short films
1
Region
Central America
3
x
Country
Guatemala
2
Mexico
1
Keywords
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
3
x
Resistance
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Flores, Carlos
1
MacDonald, Bruce
1
Navarro Smith, Alejandra
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
2
Country of production
United Kingdom
3
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Year of production
1987
1
1997
1
2000
1
Film list
Cakchiquel Maya of San Antonio Palopó
1987
52
‘
Directed by
Bruce MacDonald
.
The documentary shows how Cakchiquel Maya of a village on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala adapted to changes that took place in the decades before the film was made, when the lake became a favoured spot
Central America
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Rub’el Kurus
1997
45
‘
Directed by
Carlos Flores
.
During the 1980s the Guatemalan army launched ruthless counter-insurgency campaigns against indigenous communities, killing or displacing thousands. This film documents the struggle of a group of
Central America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Scenes of Resistance
2000
30
‘
Directed by
Alejandra Navarro Smith
.
A series of portraits of life in a Zapatista indigenous community in Chiapas, Southern Mexico. This film invites us into the people’s everyday lives, and presents their own views of the fight against
Central America
Resistance
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples