Directed by
Carrescia, Olivia Lucia, American, born 1944
Produced by
Carrescia, Olivia Lucia, American, born 1944
Edited by
Carrescia, Olivia Lucia, American, born 1944
Owned by
D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
Date
1982
Medium
polyester film
Dimensions
Duration: 37 Minutes
Length (Film): 1300 Feet
Caption
This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
Description
A documentary film with the title Todos Santos Cuchumatan: Report from a Guatemalan Village. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
The documentary looks at the life of the residents of the Mayan village Todos Santos Cuchumatan in the Guatemalan highlands just before a violent military coup in 1982. Some of the topics discussed in the documentary include the increasing role of cash in the community, which largely consists of subsistent farmers; the Fiesta of Todos Santos celebration, which includes dancing, drinking and a horse race; as well as the mass migration of Todosanteros to Guatemala’s lowlands in search of work on cotton plantations.
Place used
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place filmed
Todos Santos Cuchumatán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, Latin America, North and Central America
Collection title
DC Public Library Film Collection
Classification
Time-based Media - Moving Images
Type
sound films
color films (visual works)
16mm (photographic film size)
Topic
Communities
Documentary films
Film
Folklife
Holidays and festivals
Migrations
Social life and customs
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2017.55.33.1a
Restrictions & Rights
Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5211395fc-b97b-4311-81a6-0162a25b5d17

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