Gaspar, a Maya-Ixil environmental defender in Guatemala whom we featured in 500 Years, wrote this update about what he’s experienced over the last 12 months and his ongoing case for asylum. ...
The film follows a movement of homeless people who organized to take over government housing in eight cities across three days in May, 1990....
Indigenous communities face unique challenges during the pandemic, including lack of access to health care and information in their own languages. ...
Indigenous people are being systematically excluded in the COVID-19 pandemic response mechanisms. That’s why we are supporting the International Mayan League. ...
It was the Friday before the weekend when New York City stopped. Our Director of Photography had just flown in from a job in Amsterdam though by the next day, flights from Europe were banned. We’d gotten everyone together and were scouting for our big...
Our colleagues at Physicians for Human Rights rounded up the best human rights films of 2019 and a look ahead to 2020 (including BORDERLAND!)...
García’s reporting on some of Guatemala’s remotest communities has often placed her at risk. ...
The director of "The Guardian of Memory" talks about her creative process ahead of the film's U.S. premiere. ...
CICIG Commissioner Iván Velásquez taught us that change is not made by individuals but by teams of committed people....
Pamela Yates: Why did the Colectivo Guatemala Florecerá decide to organize a film festival around the theme of Filming Justice: Memory & Genocide in Guatemala? Izabel Acevedo: Talking about the transitional justice processes in Guatemala seems like a good starting point to talk about our country....
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