Mother Tongue
2015•19m•Released
Documentary
"Mother Tongue" chronicles the first time a documentary film about Guatemalan genocide in Guatemala was translated and dubbed into Maya-Ixil—5.5% of whom were killed during the armed conflict in the 1980s. Told from the perspective of Matilde Terraza, an emerging Ixil leader and the translation project’s coordinator, "Mother Tongue" illuminates the Ixil community’s ongoing work to preserve collective memory.
Director
Pamela Yates
Writer
Pamela Yates, Peter Kinoy, Paco de Onís
Languages
English, Spanish
Cast
Matilde Terraza Gallego
Production
Producer
Paco de Onís
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