LETTER FROM CUZCO
In Peru, there is concern about pressure from the most reactionary sectors of society to ignore the crimes committed by the State during the armed conflict with the communist Shining Path guerrillas between 1980 and 2000. On March 6, a truncated version of a classic of the Peruvian film repertoire was presented to the public at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima. In this version of La boca del lobo (The Mouth of the Wolf), a movie directed in 1988 by Francisco Lombardi about the years of terrorism, the scenes showing a soldier guilty of atrocities were cut.
The goal of the event was to show the effects of censorship on artistic and cultural creation. "Conservative groups are uncomfortable with history and want to silence some voices," said Zoraida Rengifo, president of the Peruvian Film Press Association, who participated in the event, referring to bills described as "anti-cinema." In one of them, rejected in Parliament, "far-right deputies proposed that the interior minister appoint military personnel to sit on a commission evaluating film funding," she said, alarmed.
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