Panzós Memory for the Land – Massacre of 1978

May 29, 1978, when the Guatemalan army massacred a group of Maya Q’eqchi’ peasants in Panzós, Alta Verapaz, who were protesting the dispossession of their land.

20 min

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2019

Synopsis

An eye-witness documentary of what happened on May 29, 1978, when the Guatemalan army massacred a group of Maya Q’eqchi’ peasants in Panzós, Alta Verapaz, who were protesting the dispossession of their land by transnational companies and local landowners.

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2019

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Maya Q’eqchi‘

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Spanish, English, Catalan

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