Thursday 12 Apr 2007
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Festival: ¡Vamos! Weekender 2007 Launch - Acteal: A Massacre Foretold
12 Apr 2007, 8 p.m.
What does it feel like to know that you are about to be killed? Nearly a decade ago, a terrified village in southern Mexico sought refuge in a small wooden church and awaited their inevitable fate. Until now the full story of the massacre at Acteal has never been told. "Acteal: A Massacre Foretold" is by Nick Higgins, a filmmaker and academic and is the current director of the Cultural Studies programme at Edinburgh University. Star and Shadow