500 Years

500 Years
500 Years
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
Production; company	Skylight
Distributed by	Paladin
Release date	January 24, 2017;
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]

References

^ ^a ^b 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. 2019-11-23. Retrieved 2020-10-02.

This article about a historical documentary film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.