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With the Shining Path guerilla movement in decline, the Peruvian government set up a Commission for Peace and Reconciliation to hear the testimonies of those who had suffered in the war. Shot in 2002, and framed by the Commission's hearings in Ayacucho, this film follows one of the witnesses ba...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:Spanish
Language Notes:In Spanish with English subtitles.
Published: Brighton, England : University of Manchester, Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, 2002.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Sendero Luminoso (Guerrilla group)
Peru. > Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación.
Peru. > Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación
Political violence > Peru.
Victims of state-sponsored terrorism > Peru.
Peru > History > 1980-
Violence politique > Pérou.
Victimes du terrorisme d'État > Pérou.
Pérou > Histoire > 1980-
Political violence
Victims of state-sponsored terrorism
Peru
Since 1980
Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Feature films
Documentary films
History
Short films
Documentary films.
Short films.
Feature films.
Documentaires.
Courts métrages.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:With the Shining Path guerilla movement in decline, the Peruvian government set up a Commission for Peace and Reconciliation to hear the testimonies of those who had suffered in the war. Shot in 2002, and framed by the Commission's hearings in Ayacucho, this film follows one of the witnesses back to her village in the mountains and hears of the terrible atrocities.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed November 16, 2016).
Physical Description:1 online resource (28 min.)
Playing Time:00:28:12