Approach Of Dawn Analysis

The film on Approach of Dawn was about Guatemala. At the beginning of the film the first woman named Justina joined the Guatemala’s Human Rights Movements because of all the violence that her family and neighbors lived. Justina and other activist organized CERJ, which began July 31, 1988 and it was to defend, promote, and disseminate information about human rights. But not only that but to also recover their culture and their values. Part of her work is that she travels the highlands, organizes the Maya, and informs them of the human rights. The meetings are held in secret because the “human rights” are considered rebellious. They are educating those that don’t know what the human rights stand for. Justina was motivated to do this kind of work because of what her and her family endured. Her village was bombed by the military and was forced to leave in order to survive. The stayed in bushes …show more content…
She is a Mayan priestess. She preforms a secrete ceremony for Justina. Since the Spanish conquest the Maya religion has mainly been practiced in secret and out of the violence Maya has emerged to be more organized in defense of their culture returning to ancient beliefs and practicing them more openly as stated in the video (Approach of Dawn). The Maya ceremonies are holy and should be taken more serious because they are the practice of the Maya faith. Francesca suffered a great deal of illness for two years but the medicine that doctors gave her did nothing to her. It all started when the military killed her husband for no reason. She had went to see a priest who helped her with her illness and also told her that she had a calling to help work with people that sick and/or in danger. That’s when she decided to work with people through the human rights organization. With the faith of Maya she helps with sickness and those who have problems. She also became a human rights activists and a CERJ leader and talked about what happened to her