500 Years

500 YEARS tells a sweeping story of mounting resistance in Guatemala, through the actions and perspectives of the majority indigenous Mayan population

From a historic genocide trial to the ousting of a president, 500 YEARS tells a sweeping story of mounting resistance in Guatemala, through the actions and perspectives of the majority indigenous Mayan population, who now stand poised to re-imagine their society. Today, in the exact areas where massacres were perpetrated, communities have been replaced with international mega-projects like open pit mines, massive hydroelectric dams, and spraw...