The Good Christian (2016)

03/04/2016 (MX) • 2h

Documentary

Overview

In 1979 José Efraín Ríos Montt became a reborn Christian. He was offering a sermon when a group of soldiers burst into his Christian school, and asked him to lead a military coup in 1982. Francisco Chavez Raymundo and his sister were small children when Rios' political actions annihilated their community. In March, 2013 the lives of Francisco Chavez and Rios Montt converge in the same space. Rios is called upon to testify before Guatemalan justice and is confronted by a group of Mayan Ixiles, orphans and widows of the war, Francisco is one of them.


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Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

dictator

genocide

guatemala

woman director

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