Mother Tongue

2015

19 min Documentary 0.0 7 likes

"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

Writers:

Peter Kinoy, Pamela Yates, Paco de Onis

Production:

N/A

Country:

Guatemala, United States

Cast