500 Years

500 Years
Directed by Pamela Yates
Produced by Paco de Onis with Beatriz Gallardo Shaul and Raul Estuardo Socon Canel
Music by Roger C. Miller
Cinematography Melle van Essen and Rene Soza
Edited by Peter Kinoy
Production
company
Distributed by Paladin
Release date
  • January 24, 2017 (2017-01-24)
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.

References

  1. 1 2 Boyd van Hoeij (February 1, 2017). "'500 Years': Film Review". Hollywood Reporter.
  2. ↑ Fiona Keating (March 29, 2017). "Guatemala's indigenous Mayan femicide and genocide revealed in 500 Years documentary". International Business Times.
  3. ↑ Dave McNary (June 5, 2017). "Sundance Documentary '500 Years' Gets Summer Release Date". Variety.
  4. ↑ "500 Years". Seattle International Film Festival. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
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