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 ›
Video
La Puya Peaceful Resistance – Multi-media slideshow
[gigya src=”http://www.mimundo.org/multimedia/2014/2014-LAMMP-LAPUYA/soundslider.swf?size=2&format=xml” quality=”high” bgcolor=”#333333″ width=”800″ height=”566″ menu=”false” allowScriptAccess=”always” allowFullScreen=”true” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash”] James Rodríguez (MiMundo) put together a wonderful multi-media slideshow for the Guatemala: No Going Back! Conference held in London yesterday. It was done for Latin American Mining Monitoring Programme (LAMMP)… Read More ›
Jean-Marie Simon: A foreign witness to Guatemala’s war
This is a short film from Amnesty International featuring Jean-Marie Simon, who is due in London for the Guatemala: No Going Back! conference on 31st May 2014. Jean-Marie’s unforgettable photographs of Guatemala, featured in this piece, were presented in her… Read More ›
Defensora – the film
Defensora_PreviewTrailer from 6kidsProductions on Vimeo. Defensora is a documentary about a Mayan Q’eqchi’ resistance against mining in Guatemala. The story is set along the shores of Lake Izabal in the community of El Estor where a nickel mining company has… Read More ›
A personal story of the “Disappeared” in Guatemala
The annual commemoration of the International Day of the Disappeared takes place on August 30th and aims to draw attention to those people who have been imprisoned without their friends or relatives knowing where or why; also to highlight the work of… Read More ›
Film Review – The Echo of Pain of the Many (2011, documentary)
A powerful, personal story of state-sponsored terror in Guatemala and the lasting effects it has had on families, “The Echo of Pain of the Many” is a timely testament to the brave, untiring efforts of Guatemalans to demand justice and… Read More ›
Video Girls for Change
Participatory Video (PV) is a set of techniques to involve a group or community in shaping and creating their own film. The idea behind this is that making a video is easy and accessible, and is a great way of… Read More ›
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
“In a stunning milestone for justice in Central America, a Guatemalan court recently charged former dictator Efraín Rios Montt with genocide for his brutal war against the country’s Mayan people in the 1980s — and Pamela Yates’ 1983 documentary, When… Read More ›
Veneration of the Virgin of Guadalupe
“According to Roman Catholic tradition, the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared for the fourth and last time to Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin on December 12th, 1531, on the Tepeyac Hill in modern day Mexico City. Guatemalan faithful flock to Guatemala City’s Guadalupe… Read More ›
Guatemala on Democracy Now
Two pieces on Democracy Now were broadcast recently regarding Guatemala. The first one features Jennifer Harbury and discusses, among other things, the first round of the Presidential elections and the role of Otto Pérez Molina in the disappearance of her… Read More ›
