Videos for Rent

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• Alioto Vive! Taking the Guatemalan Government to Court (60 min) Documentary which examines a moment in the history of Guatemala which is characterized by the desire to put an end to an era of institutionalized terror and martyrdom. The assassination of the student leader Alioto Lopez Sanchez during a November 1994 protest against an increase in urban bus fares serves as the pretext for exploring their transition from war to peace.

• America's Defense Monitor (1994, 30min.) US taxpayers still train the military and police forces of Latin American Countries who use the skills to torture and kill others engaged in legitimate dissent.

• El Acuerdo sobre Identidad y Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas (25min., Spanish)

• Caminos del Silencio (1987) 57min. (Spanish with English subtitles) This documentary portrays the life of the farmers of the Ixcan region in the jungles of Guatemala who were on the run from persecution since the 1982 extermination campaign by the military government. It depicts the survival strategies of these farmers, their strategies of communal life, their strong will to stay in Guatemala, and their silent resistance (4 copies)

• Central America Update: 500 Years of Resistance(1993, 30min.)

• Central American Children Speak: Our Lives and Our Dreams (40min.) A class of fourth graders who have been studying Central America answer their questions about the lives of children there when viewers travel to Central America.

• Cesar Montes en Cambridge/ Entrevista El Continente (2001)

• Chiapas: The Fight for Land and Liberty

• Claveles y Esperanza 1 (Subtitled )

• Col. Roettinger (worktape)

• Cosecha para la Paz (1985, 29min., Spanish) Story of 150 US citizens that spent two weeks in a remote community looking at the impacts of war in Nicaragua.

• Cristobal Colon: 500 Anos Después (1992, 24min.) Documentary showing the impact of the legacy Colombus has had over the lives of indigenous communities.

• El Crucero (60min.)

• Cuando el Rabinal Achi Vio llorar al Gobierno de Guatemala (2005, 40min., Spanish - DVD) Documents Vice President Stein presenting an official state apology to the Plan de Sanchez massacre survivors, and the community's continuous struggle for full justice.

• De Sol a Sol- CUC

• Discovering Dominga (60min.) Denese Joy Becker, a manicurist living in Iowa, discovers she is indeed Dominga Sic Ruiz, a survivor from a 1982 Guatemalan massacre, when more than 200 people were killed in the small village of Rio Negro, after opposing the construction of a dam, sponsored by World Bank. She then tries to unveil the truth.

• En mi Pueblo (2001, 36min.)

• Environment Under Fire

• Esas Tierras son Nuestras

• The Fifth Estate: We shoot Commies (1980, 27min., English w/out subtitles) Canadian production (CBC); Examines military and anti-communist propaganda.

• Forum of the Guatemalan Refugee Return (1992)

• Fútbolito: A Journey Through Central America (1994, 28min.)

• The GAM in Guatemala

• The Grassroots Fundraising Series - Part 1 Basics of Fundraising: the Role of a Board, Asking for $, Major Donors

• El Grito (1982, 84min., Spanish) Story of workers forming the first union and fighting against an undemocratic regime.

• Un Grito para la Vida

• Guatemala: A Nation of Prisoners/ Faces and Places

• Guatemala Panel 1 (1995, 1 hour)

• Guatemala: Personal Testimonies (3 copies)

• Guatemala: The Dream of Land (1991, 28 min., English) This documentary shows two Guatemalas, on the one side vast plantations owned by a small minority, who produce export crops, and on the other side millions of indigenous campesinos (farmers) with no land. Andrés Giron, an activist priest depicted in the short film, formed the landless campesino movement PROTIERRA, which was able to achieve small victories in land reform.

• Guns for Guatemala (1989, 27min., English) This half-hour portrayal of US involvement in Guatemala is part of a weekly program on peace and war called "America's Defense Monitor." It is a critical portrayal of US involvement in the late 1980s especially the M16 rifles sale to the civilian Guatemalan government in 1988. The US rearmed the Guatemalan military despite the fact that the military still plays the major role in Guatemala and is still the greatest human rights violator in the country.

• Hasta Encontrarlos (28min.)

• Haunted Land (90min.)

• Hidden Holocaust

• If the Mango Tree could Speak (1993, 58min.) Lives of children effected by war in Guatemala and El Salvador.

• In the Name of the Lord

• Is this Democracy? U.S. Policy, Democracy, and Central America

• Journey Home: Accompaniment in Guatemala (1994, 29min.) A moving study of people's deep connection to the land, the power of international solidarity and the potential of nonviolent conflict resolution.

• The Long Road Home (30min.) Documentary about Guatemalan refugees.

• Man Alive (1980s, 45min., English w/out subtitles) Canadian (CBC) show on persecution of Catholic Church, particularly the disappearance of a Canadian priest.

• Masacre en Santiago Atitlan, Solola

• A Message from Xicastej (1992, 32min., English) This documentary lets one campesino tell the story of the CPRs: how they developed, how they survive in the highlands, how many children don't survive, why they were forced to live in the highlands. It is an important account but it is difficult to follow with the simultaneous translation. (Tom Gillian, Producer)

• No es tan Facil Olvidar (1996, 22min., Spanish)

• El Norte (1983, 2h20min., English and Spanish w/English subtitles) After the army destroys their village and family, a brother and sister, teenagers who just barely escaped the massacre, decide they must flee to the USA. After receiving clandestine help from friends, they make their way by truck, bus and other means through Mexico to Los Angeles, where they try to make a new life as young, uneducated, and illegal immigrants.

• A Orillas del Lago

• No Podemos Quedarnos Callados (Spanish/English) Story of the military government in Guatemala.

• Plan Puebla Panama (2001, 1h50min.)

• Precarious Peace (72min.)

• Sabino Perez (2001) NISUGA tour speaker. Member of Association of Justice and Reconciliation talks on the genocide cases.

• School of Assassins (1994, 18min., English) Maryknoll World Productions: This is an eye-opening documentary on US-Latin American relations. The School of the Americas educated Latin American officers who are now responsible for the most vicious massacres of tens of thousands of people in Argentina, Bolivia, Honduras, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, and many others. This program also follows the efforts of church people, activists and members of congress to shut down the SOA.

• Sipakapa NO Se Vende (Sipakapa is Not for Sale) (2005, 55min., Spanish w/English subtitles - DVD) Analyses the debate on mining exploitation and demonstrates the dignity of the Sipakapan People as they fight to defend their autonomy in the face of encroaching megaprojects.

• Struggling for our Lives - Resistir para vivir (1991, 28min., Spanish w/subtitles) This documentary depicts a community struggling to survive for 10 years (1981-1991) in the jungles of Guatemala: CPRs - Communities of Civilian Population in Resistance. It depicts their living conditions, their efforts to survive, and their constant fear of being discovered by the army.

• Tejedoras del Futuro (Subtitled)

• The Terror and the Truth Grassroots efforts in Guatemala to uncover and publicly tell the truth about the repression, suffering and trauma.

• Testimony of Celerino Castillo, DEA Agent (Ret.)

• The Tragedy of Santa Maria Tzeja: There is nothing concealed that will not be made known (32min.) Documentary that recounts what occurred in Santa Maria Tzeja and in hundreds of communities throughout Guatemala during the 1980s under the military dictatorships sponsored and supported by the US government.

• Traficantes de Verdad (2005, 25 min., French w/Spanish subtitles, DVD)

• Under the Gun: Democracy in Guatemala (1988, 1 hour)

• U.S. Policy in Guatemala (1994, 35min.)

• Usumacinta: Lugar del Mono Sagrado (35min., Spanish) Reflects the history of communities in Peten and their worries about El Plan Puebla Panama.

• La Verdad Bajo la Tierra (23min., Spanish)

• Veterans' Fast for Life (1986, 30min., English w/out subtitles) Interviews with 4 Vietnam Vets fasting to protest U.S. involvement in wars in Central America, particularly Nicaragua.

• What I've Learned about US Foreign Policy

• We are Guatemalans (28min.)

• When the Mountains Tremble (83min.)

• Women Speak Out (2003) Talk with Maria Teresa in Fayetville, AR, from NISGUA Speaking tour.

• Zoned for Slavery (1995) A campaign to defend women's rights.