Event Description
The UC Berkeley Andean Studies: Language and Culture Working Group is pleased to present a free virtual screening of the film “Este fue nuestro castigo”. The documentary explores the memory of violence in the community of Hualla, Ayacucho (Perú) by filmmaker Luis Cintora. 88 minutes. Spanish and Quechua with English subtitles.
Synopsis
The high Andean community of Hualla was one of the first areas controlled by the Shining Path when it began its armed struggle against the Peruvian State in the early 80s. But Hualla would soon pay a very high cost for having become a support base for subversion. 30 years after the end of violence, the community inaugurates a memorial that pays homage to the victims during the internal armed conflict and its inhabitants break the silence of a past that still hurts.