La Isla: Archives of a Tragedy

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In July 2005 a huge explosion in the Guatemalan Capital leads to the discovery of the historic archive of the National Police. On the grounds of the today's Police Academy used to be located the island, the secret prison of notorious National Police squads.And here millions of documents appeared. Aided by an extraordinary visual end emotional interaction, the film traces the story of a tragedy and finds prove for inconceivable atrocities committed by the Security Forces. It is also a movie about a young generation of archive workers willing to free their society from the stranglehold of its own history.

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Released
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Language
Spanish

Behind the camera

Director

Uli Stelzner

Produced in

Guatemala

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Release dates

  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1 Nov 2009

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La Isla: Archives of a Tragedy was released on 1 November 2009.

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