[act-ma] Guatamalan Activist Filmmaker Films and Discussion TONIGHT and 8/22

[Corry Banton]

GUATEMALAN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER AND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ACTIVIST COMES TO BOSTON TO SHOW FILMS AND ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE CONNECTING  RECENT ICE RAIDS AND AN HISTORICAL INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE 
 
Willy Barreno will be showing his short film Documigrante which traces the journey of Guatemalans coming to and living in the United States.  He will also screen
Voice of a Mountain directed by Tyler Rumph and Michael Field.  Discussion to follow.
Friday, August 15                                                       Friday, August 22
7pm                                                                             7pm
Encuentro 5                                                                Lucy Parsons Center
33 Harrison Ave. Boston  5th floor                            549 Columbus Ave.
 
Voice of a Mountain, is a documentary of the lives of rural Guatemalan coffee farmers who took up arms against their government in a civil war that lasted 36 years.
This film explores Guatemala's dark history from the perspective of
those who saw armed revolution as their only hope for change in a
nation suppressed by years of poverty and dictatorship. Ex-combatants
talk about the reality of the country that led to their involvement in
the war, and the response of genocide from the Guatemalan government
against it's people.


DIRECTOR DE DOCUMENTALES GUATLEMALTECO Y ACTIVISTA SOBRE DERECHOS DE IMIGRANTES VIENE A BOSTON PARA PRESENTAR PELICULAS Y DIOLOGAR SOBRE LOS REDADAS DE ICE RECENTE CON UNA PERSPECTIVA INTERNACIONAL HISTORICAL.
 
Willy Barreno   presenta un corto-metraje “Documigrante” sobre el viaje de Guatemaltecos y su experiencia en los Estados Unidos.  Tambien presentamos 
Voice of a Mountain directed by Tyler Rumph and Michael Field.  Diologamos al fin.
Viernes 15 de Agosto  7pm                                       Viernes 22 de Ago. 7pm
Encuentro 5                                                                Lucy Parsons Center
33 Harrison Ave. Boston  5piso                                              549 Columbus Ave.

El documental "La voz de la montaña" es la historia de la vida de unos
campesinos cafetaleros que tomaron las armas en contra el gobierno en
una guerra civil que duro 36 años. Este documental explora la oscura
historia desde la pespectiva de aquellos que vieron la revolución
armada como la unica esperanza para erradicar la pobreza bajo años de
dictaduras militares. Los excombatientes hablan sobre la cruda
realidad de un país y que los llevó a involucrarse en la guerra , y la
respuesta del genocidio de parte del gobierno de Guatemala en contra
de su gente.
http://www.voiceofamountain.com/







      
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