In the context of International Women’s Day, the screening of the documentary Burden of Peace will be held on Tuesday 8 March 2016 at 19:00 at the University of Luxembourg (Campus Belval, Maison du Savoir, 3rd floor, room 520); the screening will be followed by a public discussion.

Synopsis: The documentary ‘Burden of Peace' tells the impressive story of Claudia Paz y Paz, the first woman to lead the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Guatemala. The country that has been ravaged for years by a devastating civil war, in which nearly 200,000 Mayan Indians were systematically massacred, is today one of the most violent countries in the world. Claudia starts a frontal attack against corruption, drug gangs and impunity and does what everyone had hitherto held to be impossible: she arrests former dictator Efraín Rios Montt on charges of genocide. His conviction becomes the first conviction of a former head of state for genocide in a national court in the world history.

Since her first year in office, Claudia gave access to filmmakers of Framewerk, Joey Boink and Sander Wirken. It resulted in an intimate glimpse into the life of a woman who wants to change her country and therefore brings immense sacrifices. The documentary was released during the Movies that Matter Film Festival, March 2015, The Hague. The film has screened at festivals around the world, was nominated for a Golden Calf for Best Documentary at the Netherlands Film Festival 2015, and won awards at film festivals in Biarritz, Brussels, Bratislava and Vienna.

In Spanish with EN sub-titles.
 
The event is being organised by the Dutch Embassy in Luxembourg, the University of Luxembourg and the Zonta Club Luxembourg.

Entrance is free. For more information, see www.burdenofpeace.com.