The
Centre schedules a regular
series of talks and video presentations, usually hosted at the Centre
on a Tuesday or Thursday evening. Event schedules are published
in February and September/October each year.
SPRING &
SUMMER EVENTS 2008
ONGOING
EXHIBITION
– until
early 2009:
TODOS
SANTOS & THE TIERRA FRIA: CHANGING TRADITIONS IN HUEHUETENANGO
An exhibition bringing together a selection of rarely seen textiles
from the Mam, Chuj, Q’anjobal and Akateko communities of the
northwestern highlands.
Thursday 13th March (19:00
- 20:00)
FILM: TODOS SANTOS: THE SURVIVORS
Sequel to Todos Santos Cuchumatán showing how the Civil War
affected the village and how peoples’ lives have changed as
a result
(Video
format. 58 minutes 1989)
Thursday 8th May (19:00-20:00)
TEXTILE
STUDY EVENING: GUATEMALAN MAYA COSTUME
An
informal look at the current textile exhibition: Todos Santos &
The Tierra Fria, and hands on discussion of a selection
of Maya textiles with Jamie Marshall, Curator of the Centre’s
textile collection.
Thursday 26th June (19:00-20:00)
FILM: DISCOVERING DOMINGA
A powerful and award-winning documentary tracing the return of an
Iowa housewife to the Guatemalan village where she was born. Dominga
was nine when she became her family's sole survivor of the Rio Negro
massacre. Inexorably, she is drawn into the ongoing struggle of
the surviving Rio Negro community to find justice, and decides to
become a witness in a landmark human rights case brought against
the Guatemalan military.
(Video format. 57 minutes. Directed & Produced by
Patricia Flynn)
Thursday
24th July (19:00 – 19:45)
FILM:
RECYCLED LIFE
From the toxic depths of the largest landfill site
in Central America comes an inspiring story of the human spirit.
Academy Award Nominee: Best Documentary Short (2006)
(DVD format 38
minutes. Directed by Leslie Iwerks; Produced by Mike Glad)
Unless
otherwise stated, all events are held at the Guatemalan Maya Centre.
For Information on getting
to the Centre, CLICK
HERE
A suggested £1 donation towards the cost of purchasing new
documentary videos is requested at film showings; admission to Centre
talks/lectures: £2
PLEASE
NOTE: The Centre will be CLOSED
from March 17th to April 7th inclusive, and thereafter for the whole
of the month of August 2008.
