Mother Tongue
Directed by Pamela Yates2015 19mDocumentary, Short
"Mother Tongue" chronicles the first time a documentary film about Guatemalan genocide in Guatemala was translated and dubbed into Maya-Ixil—5.5% of whom were killed during the armed conflict in the 1980s. Told from the perspective of Matilde Terraza, an emerging Ixil leader and the translation project’s coordinator, "Mother Tongue" illuminates the Ixil community’s ongoing work to preserve collective memory.
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Mother Tongue was released on November 1, 2015.
Mother Tongue was directed by Pamela Yates.
Mother Tongue has a runtime of 19m.
Mother Tongue was produced by Paco de Onís.
"Mother Tongue" chronicles the first time a documentary film about Guatemalan genocide in Guatemala was translated and dubbed into Maya-Ixil—5.5% of whom were killed during the armed conflict in the 1980s. Told from the perspective of Matilde Terraza, an emerging Ixil leader and the translation project’s coordinator, "Mother Tongue" illuminates the Ixil community’s ongoing work to preserve collective memory.
The key characters in Mother Tongue are Matilde Terraza Gallego.
Mother Tongue is a Documentary, Short, Biography film.