Director: Félix Zurita
Wed, Jan 13, 6:00 PM
Film Screening/Online
"The celebration of Columbus is for us an insult," says Rigoberta Menchú, a fierce advocate of indigenous peoples rights. This short film presents a profile of this extraordinary woman, whose life has become a symbol of resilience and power, not only of her own Mayan Quiché people, but of all the indigenous people of the Americas. It is a moving portrait of a self-taught woman who dreams of two things: a Guatemalan Congress integrating indigenous and nonindigenous men and women—and having a child "so I can plant my own seed, for better or worse." 1992. 25 min.
Post film discussion to follow.
