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| Directed by | Pamela Yates |
| Produced by | Paco de Onis with Beatriz Gallardo Shaul and Raul Estuardo Socon Canel |
| Cinematography | Melle van Essen and Rene Soza |
| Edited by | Peter Kinoy |
| Music by | Roger C. Miller |
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| Distributed by | Paladin |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Spanish |
500 Years: Life in Resistance is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Pamela Yates about the trial of Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt for genocide against the country's indigenous Maya population in the 1980s and the popular uprising that followed the trial, which led to the toppling of President Otto Perez Molina.[1][2][3]
The film was screened at the Sundance[1] and London Human Rights Watch Film Festivals, and Seattle International Film Festival.[4] It is the third film in a three film trilogy which also includes When the Mountains Tremble and Granito: How to Nail a Dictator. Its soundtrack features the music of the indigenous Guatemalan musician Sara Curruchich.[5]
Andrea Ixchíu, a Maya-K’iche’ human rights activist, land defender and journalist, is featured in the film's second half.[6][7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Boyd van Hoeij (February 1, 2017). "'500 Years': Film Review". Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ Fiona Keating (March 29, 2017). "Guatemala's indigenous Mayan femicide and genocide revealed in 500 Years documentary". International Business Times.
- ↑ Dave McNary (June 5, 2017). "Sundance Documentary '500 Years' Gets Summer Release Date". Variety.
- ↑ "500 Years". Seattle International Film Festival. Archived from the original on July 17, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
- ↑ "500 Years: Life in Resistance". UCR Arts. November 23, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
- ↑ Escobar, Guadalupe (2026). Decolonial Witnessing. Cold War Afterlives in Latin American and Latinx Testimonios. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. ISBN 9781477333716.
- ↑ Yates, Pamela. "On the Horizon: An Interview with Andrea Ixchíu Hernández". Skylight. Brooklyn, New York. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
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