The Word in the Woods La Palabra en el Bosque (2011)

During the early 1970s hundreds of peasants in a remote region of El Salvador began to emulate the early Christians working the land together and building communities based on solidarity By the late 1970s thousands of peasants in northern Morazan organized to resist National Guard repression which often involved torture and executions In 1980s the military engaged in scorched earth operations against their villages inaugurating a 12year civil war The Word in the Woods tells their stories The films protagonists must reflect upon their struggles in the light of current reality