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200869 minPGdocumentary

5.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Gaming Community Racial Justice

Lucanamarca

200869 minPGdocumentary

5.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Sixty-nine lives were lost in the massacre at Santiago de Lucanamarca on April 3, 1983, prompting a Truth and Reconciliation Commission investigation.

Gaming Community Racial Justice

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Carlos Cárdenas,

Héctor Gálvez

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Sixty-nine lives were lost in the massacre at Santiago de Lucanamarca on April 3, 1983, prompting a Truth and Reconciliation Commission investigation.

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Carlos Cárdenasdirector

Héctor Gálvez

Héctor Gálvezdirector

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Santiago de Lucanamarca, a remote farming community in the Peruvian Andes, faced a tragedy on April 3, 1983, when a massacre claimed 69 lives. Two decades later, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission returns to the site to open the victims' tombs. This act aims to provide closure for a community dealing with distrust and grief. Residents reflect on their identity as Peruvians while seeking justice and healing from the events that marked their past.

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