Guatemala is a country of contrasts and contradictions. Home to the indigenous Mayan people and breathtaking landscape it is a country contrasted with an armed conflict that tore the country apart for 36 years, claiming the lives of over 200,000 men, women and children. La Violencia is a documentary about the indigenous Mayan women of Guatemala, their painful past and uncertain future in the fight for justice and equality.Today, Guatemala remains one of the most dangerous countries for women in the world, where rape, domestic violence and femicide are rife.