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Join Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ NYC at the Bronx Documentary Center for a screening and conversation with award-winning filmmakers Pamela Yates and Paco de Onís, along with Bronx urban planner andÌýcommunity leader Cesar Yoc, to discuss the transformative power of activism.

From an historic genocide trial to the ousting of a president,ÌýÌýtells a sweeping story of mounting resistance played out in Guatemala’s recent history, through the actions and perspectives of the majority indigenous Mayan population, who now stand poised to re-imagine their society.Ìý

InÌý500 Years, the Mayans lead Guatemala to an historic tipping point, from the genocide trial of former dictator General Rios Montt to the citizen’s uprising that toppled President Otto Pérez Molina. While indigenous peoples of Guatemala are no strangers to oppression, with the recent events that took place over a tumultuous three-year span, change finally seems possible when their movement is met with the general public’s will to end corruption.Ìý

500 Years is the third and final installment in director Pamela Yates‘s epic trilogy on Mayan indigenous resistance in Guatemala,ÌýThe Resistance Saga, which began withÌýWhen the Mountains Tremble, followed byÌýGranito: How to Nail a Dictator.Ìý

PARTICIPANTS

Pamela YatesÌý
Director,Ìý500 Years

Paco de OnísÌý
Producer,Ìý500 YearsÌý

CesarÌýYoc
Founder,ÌýBronx Institute for Urban System

Olivia AdechiÌý
Program Coordinator and Gallery Manager, Bronx Documentary Film Center