- 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
- 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.




