Word: y
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Y: "They did it in Vietnam, so there no reason they can't do it in Guatemala...
...Y: "Missing, for example, is an extremely accurate film. I feel emotionally very close to that film because I was in Chile in that time and knew Charlie Harmon, the guy who was missing in Missing. It was an extremely effective film; probably extremely effective because the filmmakers did their documentary homework...
...Y: "The Killing Fields is a very emotional film, but I think if you don't know the background of Cambodia, it's hard to understand exactly what's going on, who were the Khmer Rouge...
...Y: "We first met her when she came to speak in front of the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York. She was one of the representatives of Guatemalan opposition delegation. As documentary filmmakers, we know that the best way to reach an audience is through characters, people that they can identify with. We knew based on the material we had that we needed someone like her. We realized that she would be a good person because her life very closely mirrors and is a metaphor for Guatemalan society. What happened to her family, how she changed from...
...Y: "I think so--I think so because the Guatemalan army is the most highly trained counter-insurgency force in the region. So over the years they've adapted these methods to try to put down the opposition. I personally think that it's the most brutal military dictatorship in the region...