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Rub’el Kurus

(Beneath The Cross)

1997 / 45 minutes

Directed by: Carlos Flores

Anthropologist

Country of production: United Kingdom

Series: Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film

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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 Maya-Q’eqchi’ villages to reconstruct their communities and come to terms with their violent past.

Language and subtitles: Original Language with English Subtitles

Region: Central America

Country: Guatemala

Keywords: Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples War / Conflict / Reconciliation

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