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 | THE WORD IN THE WOODS
(La Palabra en el Bosque) | World Premiere |
Director: Carlos Henriquez Consalvi & Jeffrey Gould
El Salvador/USA, 2012, 57min
Format: Digital (screening) - DVCAM, 35mm (shooting)
Festival Year: 2013
Category: Documentary
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| Crew: | Producer: Carlos Henriquez Consalvi, Jeffrey Gould -
Screenwriter: Carlos Henriquez Consalvi, Jeffrey Gould -
Cinematographer: Guillermo Escalon, Paolo Hasbun -
Editor: Carlos Colorado -
Sound Design: Jose Huwaidi -
Music: Ygor de Gondaria, Ramses Calderon | | Email: | gouldj indiana.edu |
synopsis
During the early 1970s, hundreds of peasants in a remote region of El Salvador began to emulate the early Christians, working the land together and building communities based on solidarity. By the late 1970s, thousands of peasants in northern Morazan organized to resist National Guard repression which often involved torture and executions. In 1980s, the military engaged in scorched earth operations against their villages, inaugurating a 12-year civil war. The Word in the Woods tells their stories. At the end of the film the protagonists reflect upon their struggles in the light of current reality.
director
Carlos Henriquez Consalvi is the founder of the Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen which is committed to the investigation, rescue, preservation and public exhibition of El Salvador's history and culture. In 2002, he co-directed and co-produced with Gould the award winning Scars of Memory, El Salvador, 1932. Jeffrey Gould is the James H. Rudy Professor of History at Indiana University. From 1995-2008, he was Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. He is also a prolific writer. In 2012-2013 he will be a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
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