Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 104 min.)) : sound, color |
Contents |
1. A chronicle foretold -- 2. Genocide on trial -- 3. Grains of sand -- 4. Epilogue |
Summary |
"A story of destinies joined by Guatemala’s past, and how a documentary film intertwined with a nation’s turbulent history emerges as an active player in the present. In GRANITO our characters sift for clues buried in archives of mind and place and historical memory, seeking to uncover a narrative that could unlock the past and settle matters of life and death in the present. Each of the five main characters whose destinies collide in GRANITO are connected by Guatemala’s past. In 1982, Guatemala was engulfed in an armed conflict during which a genocidal “scorched earth” campaign by the military killed nearly 200,000 Maya people including 45,000 disappeared. Now, as if a watchful Maya god were weaving back together threads of a story unraveled by the passage of time, forgotten by most, our characters become integral to the overarching narrative of wrongs done and justice sought that they have pieced together, each adding their granito, their tiny grain of sand, to the epic tale."--Kanopy website |
Notes |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2011; broadcast on PBS as an episode of POV on June 28, 2012 |
Credits |
Director of photography, Melle van Essen ; editor, Peter Kinoy ; composer, Roger Clark Miller |
Performer |
Narrator, Pamela Yates |
Event |
Broadcast June 28, 2012 |
Notes |
Closed captioning in English |
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Soundtrack in English and Spanish; with English subtitles for Spanish dialogue |
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MPAA rating: Not rated |
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Cinema for Peace Awards, Cinema for Peace Award for Justice, 2012 |
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Online resource; title from title frames (Kanopy, viewed August 15, 2023) |
Subject |
Ríos Montt, Efraín -- Trials, litigation, etc
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Lucas García, Benedicto -- Trials, litigation, etc
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Menchú, Rigoberta.
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Bernabeu, Almudena.
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García, Fernando, -1982 -- Assassination
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Ríos Montt, Efraín |
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Menchú, Rigoberta |
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García, Fernando, -1982 |
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Center for Justice and Accountability -- Trials, litigation, etc
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Guatemala. Policía Nacional. Archivo Histórico.
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U.S. Army School of the Americas.
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Center for Human Rights Legal Action.
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U.S. Army School of the Americas |
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Guatemala. Policía Nacional. Archivo Histórico |
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Center for Justice and Accountability |
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Center for Human Rights Legal Action |
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Genocide -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century
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Death squads -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century
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Trials (Crimes against humanity) -- Documentation -- Guatemala
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Massacres -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century
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Massacres -- Guatemala -- Dos Erres
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Evidence (Law) -- Guatemala
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Guerrillas -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century
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Disappeared persons -- Guatemala
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Mayas -- Crimes against -- Guatemala -- Dos Erres
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Massacres
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Guerrillas
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Evidence (Law)
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Disappeared persons
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Death squads
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Assassination
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Genocide
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Guatemala -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1996.
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Guatemala -- Dos Erres
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Guatemala
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Genre/Form |
documentary film.
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Internet videos
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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Documentary films
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History
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Internet videos.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Onís, Paco de, film producer, screenwriter.
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Yates, Pamela, film director, screenwriter, narrator.
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Kinoy, Peter, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.
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Essen, Melle van, director of photography.
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Miller, Roger C. (Pianist), compoer (expression)
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Skylight Pictures (Firm), production company.
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Independent Television Service, production company.
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