1932 : cicatriz de la memoria /

1932 : cicatriz de la memoria /

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In 1932, the army and "citizen militias" in El Salvador brutally crushed an uprising of peasants in western El Salvador, killing 10,000 people. Survivors share their harrowing memories, many for the first time. The trauma resonated through six decades of military rule, until the 1992 peace...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Museo de la Palabra (San Salvador, El Salvador), Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Memories of Mestizaje Project, First Run/Icarus Films
Other Authors: Gould, Jeffrey L., Henríquez Consalvi, Carlos, 1945-, Salmon, Russell O.
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Brooklyn, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, [2002]
Subjects:
Poor > El Salvador > Political activity.
El Salvador > History > 1838-1944.
El Salvador > History > 1944-1979.
El Salvador > History > Civil War, 1979-1992.
Documentary films.
Motion pictures, American.
Motion pictures, El Salvador.
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Summary:In 1932, the army and "citizen militias" in El Salvador brutally crushed an uprising of peasants in western El Salvador, killing 10,000 people. Survivors share their harrowing memories, many for the first time. The trauma resonated through six decades of military rule, until the 1992 peace accords ended a brutal, 12-year civil war. The film is based on 200 interviews with survivors and on archival research in El Salvador, Great Britain and the United States.
Item Description:Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (53 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Camera, David Barraza, Santiago Rodriguez, Carlos Henriquez Consalvi ; editing, Carlos Henriquez Consalvi ; English translation, Jorge Avalós ... [et al.].