We recently heard from Luis Argueta, writer and director of El Silencio de Neto, the sad news of the death of Justo Chang (photo-left: SigloXXI), Argueta's co-writer on El Silencio de Neto, one of Guatemala's most successful films. He had a long and distinguished career supporting Guatemalan cinema, cut short by the onset of Alzheimers from around the time that El Silencio de Neto was finished in 1994.

I was lucky enough to meet Chang. His wife Veronique Simar, supported a street educational project I worked on, bringing Spanish artists to Guatemala to run workshops and perform across Guatemala City.

Luis Argueta continues to produce films on Guatemala documenting the lives of Guatemalans often ignored by the mainstream media. Below is a clip from his documentary "And There I Am" Documenting Silent Voices, which follows the stories of Guatemalans who emigrate to the U.S. You can see another clip here and see the trailer from "Cuando Nueva York Se Vistio de Guatemala" which follows the mass for El Senor de Esquipulas taken by Cardenal Rodolfo Quesada Toruna at St Patrick's Cathedral in New York.