Mother Tongue (2015)
"Mother Tongue" chronicles the first time a documentary film about Guatemalan genocide in Guatemala was translated and dubbed into Maya-Ixil—5.5% of whom were killed during the armed conflict in the 1980s. Told from the perspective of Matilde Terraza, an emerging Ixil leader and the translation project’s coordinator, "Mother Tongue" illuminates the Ixil community’s ongoing work to preserve collective memory.
Director: Pamela Yates
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Matilde Terraza Gallego as |
| Directing | Pamela Yates | Director |
| Production | Paco de Onís | Producer |
| Editing | Peter Kinoy | Editor |
| Writing | Pamela Yates | Writer |
| Writing | Peter Kinoy | Writer |
| Writing | Paco de Onís | Writer |
| Editing | Daniela Quiroz | Editor |
| Production | Daniela Quiroz | Co-Producer |
| Production | Beatriz Gallardo Shaul | Co-Producer |
| Production | Nora Christiani | Associate Producer |
| Production | Sofia Geld | Associate Producer |
| Production | Monica Wise Robles | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Benny Mouthon | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Javier Corleto | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Sean Mattison | Director of Photography |