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Summary
From a historic genocide trial to the overthrow of a president, the sweeping story of mounting resistance played out in Guatemala’s recent history is told through the actions and perspectives of the majority indigenous Mayan population, who now stand poised to reimagine their society.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+13)
Critics 83Audiences 70GoodWatch 63
Tomatometer100%
Metascore66
IMDb7.0
Running time
1 h 46 min
A typical length for documentaries, +10 min on the typical 96
typical 96106Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
2017
April 6, 2017
9 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
Spanish
Original language
Made in
Guatemala- United States
Directing · 1
- Pamela Yates Director
Production · 4
- Paco de Onís Producer
- Beatriz Gallardo Shaul Co-Producer
- Lourdes Gallardo Shaul Production Coordinator
- Raul Estuardo Socon Canel Co-Producer
Camera · 13
- Melle van Essen Director of Photography
- René Soza Director of Photography
- Sean Mattison Additional Camera
- Mischa Prince Additional Camera
- Mario Esteban Castaño Additional Camera
- Xeni Jardin Additional Camera
Editing · 4
- Peter Kinoy Editor
- Ken Sirulnick Colorist, Online Editor
- Daniela Quiroz Assistant Editor
- Daniel Rivera Assistant Editor
Sound · 8
- Roger C. Miller Original Music Composer
- Benny Mouthon Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Eduardo Cáceres Sound Recordist
- Michael Bierylo Music Producer
- Marcos Curtidor Sound
- Edgar Osorio Sound
Art · 3
- Syd Garon Title Designer, Animation
- Alex Verlan Title Designer, Animation
- Chris Kirk Title Designer, Animation
Other crew · 4
- Sara Curruchich Cúmez Transcriptions, Translator
- Matilde Terraza Gallego Translator, Transcriptions
- Daniel Alvarado Translator, Transcriptions
- Marleny Nohemí Tzicap Tzunún Transcriptions, Translator
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