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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.
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.
Original Release
05/16/2012
US Release
05/16/2012
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rigoberta Menchu | Self |
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel | |
Jody Williams | Self |
Pedro Celestino Yac Noj | |
Faviana Cochoy Alva | |
Rosalina Tuyuc | |
José Basillas | |
Benjamin Borjes | |
Elisa Facio | (as Dr. Elisa Facio) |
Anibal Garcia |
Directors
Writers
Dawn Gifford Engle, Ivan Suvanjieff
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rigoberta Menchu | Self |
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel | |
Jody Williams | Self |
Pedro Celestino Yac Noj | |
Faviana Cochoy Alva | |
Rosalina Tuyuc | |
José Basillas | |
Benjamin Borjes | |
Elisa Facio | (as Dr. Elisa Facio) |
Anibal Garcia | |
Gerardo Gutiérrez | (as Dr. Gerardo Gutiérrez) |
Sandra Monterroso | |
Luz Méndez | |
José Antonio Otaolaurruchi | |
Fernando Rodas | |
T. David Rutherford | (voice) |
Claudia Samayoa | |
Giacomo Buonafina | (voice) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ivan Suvanjieff | Executive Producer |
Maria Snyder | Executive Producer |
Giacomo Buonafina | Producer |
Kathleen Mcintire | Producer |