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MOTHER TONGUE chronicles the first time a documentary film about Guatemalan genocide was translated and dubbe into the indigenous language Maya-Ixil. Told from the perspective of Matilde Terraza, an emerging Ixil leader and the translation projects coordinator, MOTHER TONGUE illuminates the resilience of the Ixil community 5.5% of whom were killed during the armed conflict in the 1980s.
Call Number: POL/SOCGUAMO71DVD
Original Title: Mother Tongue
English Title: Mother Tongue
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Country: guatemala
Subject/Theme: Political/Social Issues (Contemporary)
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Director(FF): Pamela Yates
Year: 2014
Distributor: Skylight
Media Type: DVD
Language: spanish w. subtitles
Time: 20 Minutes
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Public Performance Rights: 0
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