El Buen Cristiano

El Buen Cristiano Izabel Acevedo.

This eye-opening documentary follows the genocide trials of Jose Efrain Rios Montt who, whilst offering a sermon to a group of students, was tasked to lead the army of Guatemala into 1982's coup d'état, during which he massacred thousands of Mayan Ixiles. It's now 2013, and the ex-dic...

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Other Authors: Acevedo, Izabel (Director, writer.), Hofmann, Henner (Producer), Bukantz, Karla (Producer), Durán, Galo (music.), Albarran, Pamela (cinematography.)
Format: Video DVD
Language:Spanish
English
Published: [Mexico] : Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, c2016.
Subjects:
Ríos Montt, Efraín > Trials, litigation, etc.
Guatemala. > Junta Militar de Gobierno (1982)
Genocide > Guatemala.
Crimes against humanity > Guatemala.
Trials (Genocide) > Guatemala.
Trials (Crimes against humanity) > Guatemala.
Mayas > Crimes against > Guatemala.
Ixil Indians > Crimes against > Guatemala.
Documentary films.
Historical films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Spanish.
Videos > Dinand > Spanish.
Guatemala > History > Civil War, 1960-1996.
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Summary:This eye-opening documentary follows the genocide trials of Jose Efrain Rios Montt who, whilst offering a sermon to a group of students, was tasked to lead the army of Guatemala into 1982's coup d'état, during which he massacred thousands of Mayan Ixiles. It's now 2013, and the ex-dictator/born-again Christian is called upon to testify before the Guatemalan justice system and confronted by a group of Mayan Ixiles, widows and orphans of the war.--Havana Film Festival New York website.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (53 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R.
Production Credits:Director/writer, Izabel Acevedo ; producers, Henner Hofmann, Karla Bukantz ; cinematography, Pamela Albarran ; music, Galo Durán.
Language:In Spanish with English subtitles.

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