Indigenous Showcase – The Resistance Saga part 3 – 500 Years
This event took place on Nov 4, 2017
A ticket to any one film in the Resistance Saga series is good for all three films
** SIFF members receive the NWFF member discount for this event **
$12 General Admission
$9 Student/Senior
$7 Member
Pamela Yates
Guatemala
2017
1h 46m
Series -
Indigenous Showcase
Visiting Artist
** Director Pamela Yates and producer Paco de Onís in attendance! **
Discussion
** Special three-film screening with discussion and reception! **
About
500 Years tells the epic story that led Guatemala to a tipping point in their history, from the genocide trial of General Rios Montt to the popular movement that toppled President Otto Perez Molina. While indigenous peoples of Guatemala are no stranger to oppression, the recent events that took place over a tumultuous three-year span, change finally seems possible when their movement is met with popular society’s outcry to end corruption.
As witness to this heroic moment in Guatemalan history, 500 Years documents the beginning of the end of an unaccountable rule of law, and a society ready for change. Focusing on universal themes of justice, racism, power and corruption, 500 Years tells the story from the perspective of the majority indigenous Mayan population, and their struggles in the country’s growing democracy.
This is the third chapter of the trilogy of documentaries on Guatemala, led by Pamela Yates, and follows the films When the Mountains Tremble (1983) and Granito: How to Nail a Dictator (2011).