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Region :
Central AmericaCountry :
GuatemalaLanguage :
SpanishGenre :
DocumentaryCast :
Irma Alicia Velásquez NimatujMatilde Terraza GallegoDaniel Pascual HernándezAndrea Ixchíu HernándezJulio Solórzano FoppaDirector :
Pamela YatesProducer :
Paco de Onis500 Years
- Guatemala
- 2017
- 106 minutes
- Documentary
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Region :
Central AmericaCountry :
GuatemalaLanguage :
SpanishGenre :
DocumentaryCast :
Irma Alicia Velásquez NimatujMatilde Terraza GallegoDaniel Pascual HernándezAndrea Ixchíu HernándezJulio Solórzano FoppaDirector :
Pamela YatesProducer :
Paco de Onis
500 YEARS, the much anticipated third film from Director Pamela Yates, continues the epic saga of indigenous resistance in Guatemala that began with When the Mountains Tremble (1983), followed by Granito: How to Nail a Dictator (2011). All three films will have premiered
at the Sundance Film Festival over a 33-year period.
From a historic genocide trial to the ousting of a president, mounting resistance played out in Guatemala’s recent history, through the actions 500 YEARS tells a sweeping story of and perspectives of the majority indigenous Mayan population, who now stand poised to re-imagine their society.
In 500 YEARS, the Mayans lead Guatemala to a historical tipping point, from the genocide trial of former dictator General Rios Montt to the citizen’s uprising that toppled President Otto Pérez Molina. While indigenous peoples of Guatemala are no strangers to oppression, with the recent events that took place over a tumultuous three-year span, change finally seems possible when their movement is met with the general public’s will to end corruption.
As witness to this heroic moment in Guatemalan history, 500 YEARS documents the beginning of the end of a culture of impunity and a society ready for change. Focusing on universal themes of justice, racism, power and corruption, 500 YEARS resonates throughout the Americas—from Canada to Tierra del Fuego.
From a historic genocide trial to the ousting of a president, mounting resistance played out in Guatemala’s recent history, through the actions 500 YEARS tells a sweeping story of and perspectives of the majority indigenous Mayan population, who now stand poised to re-imagine their society.
In 500 YEARS, the Mayans lead Guatemala to a historical tipping point, from the genocide trial of former dictator General Rios Montt to the citizen’s uprising that toppled President Otto Pérez Molina. While indigenous peoples of Guatemala are no strangers to oppression, with the recent events that took place over a tumultuous three-year span, change finally seems possible when their movement is met with the general public’s will to end corruption.
As witness to this heroic moment in Guatemalan history, 500 YEARS documents the beginning of the end of a culture of impunity and a society ready for change. Focusing on universal themes of justice, racism, power and corruption, 500 YEARS resonates throughout the Americas—from Canada to Tierra del Fuego.
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