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Catalogue Number:  A218-008
Producer:  Framewerk
Producers:  Voorsluis, Bart
Directors:  Boink, Joey
Producing Agencies:  Framewerk
Subject:  Biography, Canadian World Studies, Criminal Justice & Law, Documentary, History, Politics, Social Sciences, Women's Studies
Language:  Spanish
Grade Level:  9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin:  Netherlands
Copyright Year:  2015
Running Time:  76:24


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The documentary ‘Burden of Peace' tells the impressive story of the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Claudia Paz y Paz, the first woman to lead the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Guatemala. The country that has been ravaged for years by a devastating civil war, in which nearly 200,000 Mayan Indians were systematically massacred, is today one of the most violent countries in the world. Claudia starts a frontal attack against corruption, drug gangs and impunity and does what everyone had hitherto held to be impossible: she arrests former dictator Efraín Rios Montt on charges of genocide. His conviction becomes the first conviction of a former head of state for genocide in a national court in the world history.

Claudia Paz y Paz gave the film crew unlimited access from the beginning of her term. It resulted in an intimate glimpse into the life of a woman who wants to change her country and which ultimately brings immense sacrifices both professionally and in her personal life.

Film is in Spanish with English subtitles.

Prizes won:

* Nominated for Social Impact Media Award, January 23, 2016
* Prix du jury des jeunes européens at FIPA Biarritz, January 23, 2016
* Audience Award at Mittelamerikanisches Filmfestival, Vienna, December 5, 2015.
* Prix Allende at Festival des Libertés, Brussels.
* Award for best human rights and justice documentary, Festival des Libertés, 2015



"Burden of Peace is a film that I highly recommend" Review Cinema Axis
"A riveting story of a remarkable person" Review Flick Hunter


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