HAUNTED LAND

Mary Ellen Davis and Mateo Pablo will be at the screening.
Presence of Projet Accompagnement Québec-Guatemala www.paqg.org

Two paths cross on a descent into Guatemala's past: that of Mateo Pablo, a Maya survivor of one of many massacres committed by local government troops, and Daniel Hernández-Salazar, a concerned Guatemalan artist and photographer. Together they travel to a remote site in the highlands where the community of Petanac once stood. The bones found there by archaeologists tell a mute story of agony.
"A moving work, and a great testimony to break the silence about the genocide in Guatemala."
- Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Nobel Peace Prize winner

Canada / 2002 / 74 minutes / in Spanish, Maya-Chuj and French with English subtitles

Credits

Directed and produced by Mary Ellen Davis / Written by Mary Ellen Davis, Mateo Pablo, Daniel Hernandez-Salazar, Guillermo Escalon / Cinematography Guillermo Escalon / Sound Cristobal Urbina / Still photos Daniel Hernandez-Salazar / Editing Sol Millan, Mary Ellen Davis, Michel Giroux / Sound editing Paul Gauthier / Music Stephen de Oliveira / With the participation of Mateo Pablo, Daniel Hernandez-Salazar, Sarah Baillargeon, Gabriela Santos, the survivors or Petanac, PAQG, ODHA, FAFG and Famdegua / Funded by SODEC, CALQ, CIFVF, CIDA / Productions B'alba with the support of PRIM Centre d'arts médiatiques
(Photos appear here courtesy of Daniel Hernandez-Salazar

Awards:

- Premio Lanza de Amaru Siona 2001, IV Festival Abya Yala de los Primeros Pueblos de las Americas, organized by CONAIE, Quito, Ecuador (Festival de la Serpiente)
- Honorable Mention 2002, Alucine, Toronto Latino Film and Video Festival
- L.A.S.A. Award of Merit in Film 2002 (Latin American Studies Association, USA)
- Award for Best Documentary 2005, II Festival internacional de cine y derechos humanos, Madrid-Barcelona, Spain
Festivals: Ecuador, India, Hungary, Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay, South Africa, Finland, USA, Italy, Canada, Spain

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