Last month the killing of Honduran activist and winner of the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize Berta Cáceres caused international outcry. Her highly publicised murder has called global attention to the many risks front line environmental defenders face every day, not only… Read More ›
The website, “When we were Young / There was a War”, is an immersive bilingual documentary website that enlightens and engages viewers as they learn about the armed conflicts and their aftermaths in Guatemala and El Salvador. It includes poignant… Read More ›
Rebeca Lane | Photo: Cynthia Vance / Courtesy Rebeca Lane Guatemalan Feminist Rapper Tearing Down Walls By: Heather Gies for TeleSUR Rebeca Lane is a feminist rapper, poet, artist and activist based in Guatemala City whose art and resistance as… Read More ›
The launch of a book about Guatemala’s 2015 civil movement – 140 Days of Spring (140 Días de Primavera) In August 2014, Guatemala journalism welcomed a new arrival in the form of Nómada – a new on-line publication which provides… Read More ›
POY Latam (Pictures of the Year Latin America) was created in 2011 to celebrate the documentary and artistic photography of Latin America and has become the largest and most important competition in the region. Under the title, ‘Tell us a… Read More ›
Burden of Peace crowdfunding trailer English from Framewerk on Vimeo. The film ‘Burden of Peace’ had its International Premiere in London this evening in front of a full cinema in London as part of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival…. Read More ›
Burden of Peace crowdfunding trailer English from Framewerk on Vimeo. The Human Rights Watch Film Festival London is presenting the International premiere of ‘Burden of Peace’. The film follows Guatemala’s first female attorney general, Claudia Paz y Paz. After taking… Read More ›
The latest Newsletter from CAWN (Central America Women’s Network) is now out and worth spending time on. Contents include: • Women, Land Struggles and State Violence • On the eve of the Genocide Trial: Revival of hope for justice for… Read More ›
Immigration is a burning issue in the North, whether Europe or the US, but very seldom do we come across a film which tells the stories of poor migrants, never mind in such a poignant and gritty way. The four… Read More ›
Opening in the UK on the 27th June 2014 is Diego Quemada-Diez’s astounding and gripping debut feature, The Golden Dream (La Jaula de Oro). From Peccadillo Pictures comes a piercing and poetic road movie that follows the fortunes of four… Read More ›
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