This practice based research study takes a critical memory approach, on the role of documentary production for ethnographic research in post civil war testimonies, and the politics of representation in Central America during the 80’s and today. Researching the memory of those Guatemalans who lived and suffered the impact of the civil war, and how they coped with its repercussions. Examining ‘the subjective act of remembering’ through the case of the Guatemalan artist, filmmaker and activist Ana Lucía Cuevas