Mayan Renaissance is a 2012 American documentary film by director Dawn Engle about the Maya peoples of Guatemala and Central America. It describes the ancient Maya civilization, the conquest by Spain during the 1520s, hundreds of years of oppression, and the modern struggle by Mayans for self-determination and a Mayan renaissance.
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History
Its première screening at the United Nations Headquarters was on 16 May 2012 and its broadcast première on Colorado Public Television was on 6 June 2012.
The film contains interviews of 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchú, a Mayan indigenous rights activist and politician, and other Guatemalan and foreign contributors. It was awarded the Best Colorado Filmmaker Documentary Award at The Film Festival of Colorado in July 2012. The documentary is the first of a planned ten-part Nobel Legacy Film Series.
Cast
Rigoberta Menchú
Javier Payeras
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
Rosalina Tuyuc
Jody Williams
Elisa Facio
María Faviana Cochoy Alva
Gerardo Gutiérrez
Luz Méndez
Claudia Samayoa
Pedro Celestino Yac Noj
Additional cast
José Basillas
Benjamin Borjes
Anibal Garcia
Sandra Monterroso
José Antonio Otaolaurruchi
Fernando Rodas
David Rutherford (voice)