Camino Triste: The Sad Road of the Guatemalan Refugees

Length: 30 minutes

Format: SD video

Date: 1982

This film documents the plight of the Maya-Quiche Indians who fled their homes in the Guatemalan highlands to escape genocidal government persecution under the regime of General Efraim Rios-Montt. Co-directed by Martin Lucas and Nancy Peckenham. Cinematography by Ilan Ziv. Aired nationally on PBS series “Presente.” 

Permanent Collection, Museum of the American Indian.