Mother Tongue(2015)

Mother Tongue Synopsis

"Mother Tongue" chronicles the first time a documentary film about Guatemalan genocide in Guatemala was translated and dubbed into Maya-Ixil—5.5% of whom were killed during the armed conflict in the 1980s. Told from the perspective of Matilde Terraza, an emerging Ixil leader and the translation project’s coordinator, "Mother Tongue" illuminates the Ixil community’s ongoing work to preserve collective memory.

Mother Tongue (2015) is a documentary film directed by Pamela Yates, released on November 1, 2015 with a runtime of 19m. It stars Matilde Terraza Gallego.