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AVEL VIDEOS
ON GUATEMALA

BURNING RIVERS

This is a documentary which examines the environmental and social crisis in Guatemala. By examining the state of the Guatemalan environment and exploring the traditional relationship between the people and the land, the video focuses on the links between human rights and sustainable environment. Comes with a detailed guide. (28 minutes) VC0018

COMPANIONS IN HOPE

The story of the first group of Guatemalan refugees returning from Mexico to Guatemala. (29 minutes) VC0677

PEACE, WHAT PEACE?

Kathy Price, from the InterChurch committee on Human Rights in Latin America (ICCHRLA) reports on desperate economic life in Central America. From Guatemala and El Salvador, she finds that the war of bullets is replaced by the war of hunger and poverty. Some efforts are being made to set up people-centred economic alternatives for communities where there is no real peace without economic survival. (30 minutes) VC0853

PEOPLE CALLED TO SPEAK (A)

This video is about the work of the Presbyterian Church with indigenous peoples in rural Guatemala. Features the late Manuel Saquic and his wife Maria. Produced by Eva and Jim Manly as a result of their time in Guatemala with Project Accompaniment. The video can be used with the book, “The Wounds of Manuel Saquic.” (30 minutes) VC0827