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"Guatemala," a song and human rights video from the Pete Sears album "Watchfire", features Sears on piano, slide guitar and vocals, David Grisman on Mandolin, and Enrique "Quique" Cruz on Quena. Music was written by Pete Sears, and lyrics by Jeannette Sears. The video was produced by Sears in 1988, right after his 13 year run as a member of Jefferson Starship. It was made by a non-profit video production company started by Sears, Jeannette Sears, film director Ray Telles, Mary McCue, and Mark Adler. It was a project of "Earth Island Institute" and was funded by Jerry Garcia and the Rex Foundation, and the Tides Foundation. Hundreds of free copies were distributed globally at no charge to human rights organizations working to bring the genocide of the Mayan population of Guatemala to the attention of the world. Amnesty International recently played the video again as part of a presentation on Central America. Sears and his wife, Jeannette, have visited Guatemala many times since their first trip in 1978...just as civil war was breaking out.