Rafael Guiraud

Rafael Guiraud

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Nosotros los del Silver Roll 1981

Afro-Antillean workers hired for the construction of the Panama Canal are brought from their homes to work in conditions that were not those promised. They, the descendants of African slaves and domesticated from England, manage to raise their voices against American injustices.
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Aquí Bayano Cambio: La Quema 1974

Synthesis of the first stage of the comprehensive development project for the Bayano region, aimed at converting a marginalized rural region into a pole of national development. 34 thousand hectares of jungle are cut down and burned to be converted into a lake that will serve as a reservoir for a state hydroelectric plant.
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La canción de nosotros 1976

A musical group of young people from Viejo Veranillo perform protest songs in favor of the sovereignty of Panama. Set in 1976, a year before the signing of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, the members of the group led by “Chirri”, vocalist and ukulele player, tell of their experiences in the neighborhood and their disagreements with the US military on the border that divided its community with the old Canal Zone.