Screening: La Llorona
Schedule
Sun, 31 May, 2026 at 03:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Getty Center | Pacific Palasaides, CA
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La Llorona (2019), directed Guatemala filmmaker Jayro Bustamante, is a fictionalized take on the the country’s genocide trials in which former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt was found guilty of human rights violations and crimes against humanity. Playing with the horror film genre and the trope of the legend of La Llorona, Bustamante paints a compelling picture of how collective Indigenous memory still haunts not just the dictator, but his family and society, in the collective search for justice. The film stars María Mercedes Coroy and María Telón, two of Guatemala’s best-known contemporary actors of Maya Kaqchikel descent.This screening will be followed by a 20-minute pre-recorded interview with actress Coroy conducted by William Ramirez, public program coordinator at the Getty Research Institute. It will be followed by a presentation by Alicia Ivonne Estrada, professor of Chicana/o Studies at California State University, Northridge, whose work centers Central American history, Maya cultural productions, literature, and radio.
Learn more | https://www.getty.edu/calendar/la-llorona/
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