Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide

(W/A) Pablo Leon. Langley Park* Maryland* 2013. Brothers Jos and Charlie know very little about their mother's life in Guatemala* until Jos grows curious about the ongoing genocide trial of Efra n R os Montt. At first his mother* Clara* shuts his questions down. But as the trial progresses* she begins to open up to her sons about a time in her life that she's left buried for years. Peten* Guatemala* 1982. Sisters Clara and Elena hear about the armed conflict every day* but the violence somehow seems far away from their small village. But the day the fight comes to their doorstep* the sisters are separated and are forced to flee through the mountains* leaving them to wonder... have their paths diverged forever?