Aj ral ch' och' : despojo y resistencia en la Guatemala del siglo XXI / un documental de Caracol Producciones y el Instituto de Estudios Agrarios y Rurales de la Coordinación de ONG y cooperativas de Guatemala IDEAR-CONGCOOP ; realización, Álvaro Revenga ; guión, Álvaro Revenga, Alberto Alonso-Fradejas, José Luis Caal Hub.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Revenga, Alvaro, cinematographer, editor, screenwriter.

Alonso Fradejas, Alberto, screenwriter.

Caal Hub, José Luis, screenwriter.

Arce, Maria Mercedes, narrator.

Chocooj, Carmelina, narrator.

Caal Hub, Elena, narrator.

Pauu Chub, Oliverio, narrator.

Coordinación de Organizaciones No Gubernamentales y Cooperativas para el Acompañamiento de la Población Damnificada por el Conflicto Armado Interno (Guatemala), producer.

CARACOL Producciones, producer.

Instituto de Estudios Agrarios y Rurales (Guatemala), producer.

Language:

English

French

Mayan languages

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Kekchi Indians--Agriculture--Guatemala.

Kekchi Indians.

Traditional farming--Guatemala--21st century.

Traditional farming.

Agricultural industries--Social aspects--Guatemala.

Agricultural industries.

Agricultural industries--Social aspects.

Kekchi Indians--Agriculture.

Guatemala.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

Additional Spanish title on verso of container: Hijos e hijas de la tierra

Despojo y resistencia en la Guatemala del siglo XXI

Place of Publication:

[Guatemala] : Caracol Producciones, [2012]

Language Note:

Presented in two versions: one with Kekchi narration, speech and titles and Spanish subtitles, and one with Spanish narration and titles and Kekchi speech with Spanish, French and English subtitles.

System Details:

DVD; NTSC.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

Summary:

Today agribusiness plantations of sugar cane and African palm invade much of the territory of the village Q'eqchi '... what consequences are bringing these monocultures and mixed Mayan peoples of Guatemala?

Participant:

Narrated in Spanish by María Mercedes Arce and in Kekchi by Carmelina Chocooj, Elena Caal Hub, Oliverio Paau Chub.

Credits:

Camera and editing, Álvaro Revenga.

Notes:

Many not play on all machines.

Title from container.

OCLC:

826657709