500 Years (2017)
- Directed by
- Pamela Yates
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary covers the trial of a former Guatemalan dictator for genocide against indigenous Maya people. It shows the court proceedings and the mass protests that eventually forced a president from office.
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What happens
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. The film was screened at the Sundance and London Human Rights Watch Film Festivals, and Seattle International Film Festival. 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. Andrea Ixchíu, a Maya-K’iche’ human rights activist, land defender and journalist, is featured in the film's second half. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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