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Stories Set in Guatemala
Guatemala's war was the longest and deadliest of Central America's conflicts: 36 years in which the army turned a scorched-earth campaign on Maya villages, killing some 200,000 people. That genocide, not just the fighting, is what its cinema keeps circling. La Llorona turns that grief into horror; The Golden Dream follows teenagers riding freight trains toward the US border. Open Guatemala on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 23 books, 23 movies and 1 game set in Guatemala.
La Llorona
Accused of the genocide of Mayan people retired general Enrique is trapped in his mansion by massive protests. Abandoned by his staff the indignant old man and his family must face the devastating truth of his actions…
The Golden Dream
A group of Central-American teen-agers depart from the slums of Guatemala City escaping poverty and violence towards the promised land of California.
El Norte
Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north through Mexico and on to the United States with the dream of starting a new life.
Giants Don't Exist
Guatemala in the 80s. The worst days of the Civil war. Andrés is 9 years old. He lives with Pedro González one of the men who massacred all the women and children in his village. Andrés has survived but he's scared.…
Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night
This seductive paranormal series continues with a brutal Highland werewolf and an exquisite young witch, adversaries with a blood vendetta between them.Her breathless kiss haunts him...Bowen MacRieve of the Lykae clan…
Ixcanul
María a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya lives with her parents on a coffee plantation at the foot of an active volcano. She is set to be married to the farm's foreman. But María longs to discover the world on the other side…
Paraiso Travel
Marlon Cruz a young Colombian man who motivated by his girlfriend Reina leaves his comfortable life in Medellin and flees with her through Guatemala and Mexico across the borders illegally into the United States.
Finding Oscar
Thirty years after a forgotten massacre that occurred during the Guatemalan civil war a forensic scientist and prosecutor search for Oscar a young boy who survived the horror.
Living on One Dollar
How do 1.1 billion people around the world live on less than one dollar a day? Four young friends set out to research and live this reality. Armed with only a video camera and a desire to understand they spend just 56…
The Art of Political Murder
An investigation into the truth behind the murder of Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi who was killed in 1998 just days after trying to hold the country's military accountable for the atrocities committed during its civil…
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