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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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Corporate Authors: Museo de la Palabra (San Salvador, El Salvador), Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Memories of Mestizaje Project, Icarus Films
Other Authors: Gould, Jeffrey L., Henríquez Consalvi, Carlos, 1945-, Salmon, Russell O.
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Brooklyn, NY : Icarus Films, 2002.
Subjects:
Peasant uprisings > El Salvador > 20th century.
Indigenous peoples > El Salvador > Biography.
Ladino (Latin American people) > El Salvador > Biography.
Indigenous peoples > El Salvador > Political activity.
Ladino (Latin American people) > El Salvador > Political activity.
Government, Resistance to > El Salvador > 20th century.
El Salvador > History > Peasant Uprising, 1932 > Personal narratives.
El Salvador > Politics and government > 20th century.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
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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:Title from container.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R.
Production Credits:Camera, David Barraza, Santiago Rodriguez, Carlos Henriquez Consalvi ; digital editing, Carlos Henriquez Consalvi ; English digital editing, Alan Mauro ; English translation, Jorge Avalós ... [et al.].