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Alfonso Bauer is applauded at San Carlos University Guatemala
Alfonso Bauer is applauded at San Carlos University Guatemala after the film screening 2003

The film TESTAMENTO has been screened in European theatres and German Televison, but ISKA in colaboration with Luciernaga in Guatemala realized the nationwide filmtour Living the history in Guatemala in 2003. Fourty screenings with more than 8,000 espectators in colleges, universities, public squares and cinemas caused an intensive debate about socialstruggle,war and the high cost of political commitment in Latin American history and especially in Guatemala. One young espectator wrote in te book of comentaries:

La película es de enorme importancia para el rescate de nuestra memoria colectiva, es un momento en que nuestro pulso social y la respiracion de nuestras aspiraciones democraticas, van poco a poco superando el "asma" silenciosa a que se nos ha sometido...