May contain graphic and/or disturbing content. Guatemala's thirty-six year civil war claimed the lives of more than 200,000 citizens and displaced millions more, many of them Mayan civilians. During the war, the Guatemalan military killed, tortured, raped and butchered hundreds of thousands of people. This WITNESS Rights Alert feature tells the story of WITNESS partner Jesús Tecú Osorio, one of the few survivors of the Rio Negro Massacre that took place on March 13, 1982. After witnessing the massacre of more than one hundred children and nearly eighty women by members of the Guatemalan army and civil patrols, Jesús and seventeen other children were taken to work as servants in the houses of the patrollers who had killed their families. Jesús lived in captivity for three years until he was freed by his only surviving sister, Laura. This Rights Alert feature tells Jesús's story and informs viewers of the movement that he has spearheaded to acknowledge, commemorate, mourn and seek justice for the victims of this devastating tragedy. This piece is narrated by REM musician Michael Stipe, with music by Philip Glass. [RT 3:47] | A/D flag: analog; Copy of original. Original signal format: NTSC
Contributor | Contribuidor:
Tecú Osorio, Jésus (Creator), Tecú Osorio, Jésus (Copyright holder), WITNESS (Copyright holder), Tecú Osorio, Jésus (Videographer), Stipe, Michael (Narrator), and Glass, Philip (Musician)
video recordings, registros videos, moving image, documentary films, and películas documentales
Extent | Alcance:
03 minutes, 58 seconds
Rights - Use & Reproduction | Derechos - uso & reproducción:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Language | Idioma:
English
Publisher | Editor:
WITNESS
Place of publication | Lugar de publicación:
Guatemala
Topic | Tema:
Armed conflict and persecution--Genocide, Conflicto armado y persecución--Genocidio, Armed conflict and persecution--Mass killings, Conflicto armado y persecución--Asesinatos en masa, Armed conflict and persecution--Torture, Conflicto armado y persecución--Tortura, Armed conflict and persecution--Sexual violence, Conflicto armado y persecución--Violencia sexual, Armed conflict and persecution--War crimes, Conflicto armado y persecución--Crímenes de guerra, Maya Achi People, and Pueblo Maya Achi
Place Name | Nombre del lugar:
North America--Guatemala--Departamento de Baja Verapaz--Río Negro, América del Norte--Guatemala--Departamento de Baja Verapaz--Río Negro, Central America, América Central, Latin America, América Latina, North America--Guatemala--Departamento de Baja Verapaz--Municipio de Rabinal, and América del Norte--Guatemala--Departamento de Baja Verapaz--Municipio de Rabinal
UTL DAMS PID:
hrdi:220281dc-2a7a-4bea-81e3-b68946ef0316
Local Identifier| Identificador local :
2874_B00116_MR_Eng and B00116
Related Resource – Host | Recursos relacionados:
Jesús Tecú Osorio's Footage of Rabinal, Guatemala (title) and https://txarchives.org/hrdi/finding_aids/00006.xml (uri)