When the Mountains Tremble Turns 40
Skylight begins its 40th anniversary of When the Mountains Tremble and we also mark the 50th anniversary of the coup in Chile...
20 Sep
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18 Sep
When the Mountains Tremble: Director’s Statement on the Film’s 40th Anniversary
The crew and Rigoberta Menchú during the making of When the Mountains Tremble. Photo: Skylight It’s now been 40 years since I directed When the Mountains Tremble. It’s a good time to reflect on what was learned, both politically and cinematically, so that we can act...
18 Aug
Dispatch from Guatemala: Campaigning Ends, The Vote is Next
The Guatemalan electorate is making its final decisions before heading to the polls this Sunday, August 20th. ...
10 Aug
Dispatch from Guatemala: They Won’t See Us Coming
Above photo: Casa Mosaico Press Conference for presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo in Guatemala, Aug. 8, 2023. Photo: Vaclav Masek THEY WON’T SEE US COMING Dispatch #1: August 10, 2023 By Vaclav Masek Covering the 2023 Guatemalan presidential elections has been like navigating a terrain between a never-ending cycle of fear...
24 Jul
Windows of opportunity
Everyone is asking us about the historic strike roiling the film industry as nearly 200,000 writers and performers join forces to get wage increases, protections against the use of actor images through artificial intelligence, boosts in compensation for successful streaming programs and improvements in health...
10 May
The Lasting Legacy of the Rios Montt Guilty Verdict
Five Guatemalans who were all at the trial of General Efraín Ríos Montt, who testified, documented, and wrote about it, share their thoughts about its legacy ten years later....
27 Mar
The first trial for the genocide of Indigenous Peoples
Ten years after it took place, we revisit the historic trial of General Efraín Ríos Montt for genocide and crimes against humanity committed against the Maya-Ixil people of Guatemala....
25 May
Climate Justice and Indigenous Resistance
The following Op-Ed was written by our International Volunteers Coordinator for VIVX, Vaclav Masek. It was published in Guatemala's daily El Periódico on May 21, 2022. He wrote some additional context about the opinion article for the Skylight community: "I wrote this during my time at the Silver Sun...
24 Nov
A message of thanks as we work towards a liberated future
We are pleased to share our new short "Tiichajil_Good Life" which imagines an indigenous future and is part of the film series "Futures We Dream," a co-production commissioned by the Smithsonian and The Alliance for Media Arts and Culture....
04 Nov
On the Horizon: An Interview with Anaïs Taracena
Filmmaker Anaïs Taracena discusses her documentary "The Silence of the Mole". ...
