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La isla : archivos de una tragedia / a film by Uli Stelzner ; written and directed by Uli Stelzner.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 019 797
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Colección DVD video Guatemala
- Colección [DVD video symbol] Guatemala
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Guatemala. Policía Nacional Civil--Archives.
- Guatemala.
- Guatemala. Policía Nacional Civil.
- Political violence--Guatemala--History--20th century.
- Political violence.
- Disappeared persons--Guatemala--History--20th century.
- Disappeared persons.
- Police--Guatemala--Records and correspondence.
- Police.
- Archival materials--Conservation and restoration--Guatemala.
- Archival materials.
- Archival materials--Conservation and restoration.
- History.
- Guatemala--History--1945-1985.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Records and correspondence.
- Archives.
- Video recordings.
- Personal correspondence.
- Records (Documents)
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Archivos de una tragedia
- Known in English as: Island, archives of a tragedy
- At head of title: Ohne Gepäck Filmproduktion, Iskacine, Luciernaga present
- Place of Publication:
- [Berlin] : ISKA, [2010]
- Language Note:
- In Spanish with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD; NTSC; Dolby digital 2.0.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby digital 2.0
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- In Guatemala, at the end of the 20th century, army and police killed and abducted thousands of people, but the unprecedented genocide in America's modern history goes unpunished. To this day, a system of terror and impunity is perpetuated by silence and the lack of evidence. But, in July 2005, a huge explosion in the Guatemalan capital led to the discovery of the historic archive of Guatemala's National police. On the grounds of today's police academy millions of documents appeared, belonging to the secret prison of the notorious Policía Nacional squads. Aided by an extraordinary visual and emotional interaction, the film traces the story of a tragedy and finds proof for inconceivable atrocities. This is also a film about a young generation of archive workers willing to free their society from the stranglehold of its own history.
- Participant:
- Actor, Jon Dunn.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Guillermo Escalón ; editing, Alina Teodorescu ; music, Nim Alae, Paulo Alvarado.
- Notes:
- Title from opening frames.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
- Official Selection, IDFA 2009.
- OCLC:
- 656841322
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