20 August 2000

Footage of an unidentified man describing the Acteal massacre of December 22, 1997 while pointing out the sites where people fled and hid. He speaks in Spanish, while Monica Angeles translates into English, off camera. He talks about how people tried to flee, but were caught and killed. He points to a mound where his wife and daughter died. He says he was trapped under a pile of corpses. He says that people then started running into the mountains. They only stopped shooting when they ran out of bullets. He explains that people are buried in the houses. Blurry shots of the sites that the man pointed out. Next, another unidentified man shows a memorial wall with photographs of the dead and a cross. There are flowers and candles on the floor. The man points to a photos of Juana Vázquez Luna and Susana Jiménez Pérez, who were killed in the Acteal massacre. The man explains to Monica Angeles that the bodies are buried under the floor. Various CU of an epitaph plaque which is hung on the wall with the photographs, with CU on the names of the victims. Various pan and tilts shots of the wall. Footage then cuts to blurry, shaky shots of the interior of a wooden structure, possibly a church, with altars and statues. Footage cuts to various exterior LS from the top of a hill of the rural community, then various shots of the sculpture, Columna de la Infamia (Pillar of Shame) by artist Jens Galschiot, to honor and remember victims of the massacre. CU of the explanatory panels in Spanish and English at the base of the sculpture.