El Apostolado (2020)

Una historia de horror y fantasía, llena de suspenso, y una metáfora urgente de la historia reciente de Guatemala y sus heridas políticas curadas.

Tarzan retells the story of a trip to Guatemala in which the ape-man had gone to aid a friend in searching for a very valuable totem pole called the Green Goddess. Second of two feature versions of the 1935 serial film "The New Adventures Of Tarzan", culled from the serial's last 10 episodes.

How do 1.1 billion people around the world live on less than one dollar a day? Four young friends set out to research and live this reality. Armed with only a video camera and a desire to understand, they spend just 56 dollars each for 56 days in rural Pena Blanca, Guatemala. They battle E.Coli, financial stress, and the realization that there are no easy answers. Yet, the generosity and strength of their neighbors, Rosa, Anthony and Chino gives them resilient hope. They return home transformed and embark on a mission to share their new found understanding with other students, inspiring and challenging their generation to make a difference.

En un sorprendente ciclo de tiempo y memoria, después de 30 años de impunidad legal, el ex general y dictador guatemalteco Efraín Ríos Montt fue acusado por un tribunal guatemalteco de crímenes de lesa humanidad. Décadas después de los acontecimientos, fue acusado de cometer genocidio contra los mayas del país en la década de 1980 convirtiéndose en el primer ex jefe de Estado en ser juzgado en su propio país por genocidio. Parte thriller político, parte de memorias, Yates nos regresa al presente con un elenco de personajes unidos por el destino y la misión de llevar ante la justicia a un dictador malvado, como si un dios maya vigilante estuviera tejiendo juntos.

A documentary on the war between the Guatemalan military and the Mayan population, with first hand accounts by Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú.

Serial que, como su título indica, apuesta a nuevas aventuras del "Hombre-Mono", frente al éxito irrebatible de la MGM con el mismo personaje. En esta ocasión, validado por la firma del autor de las novelas originales (Edgar Rice Burroughs). Simultáneamente con este serial, se estrenó una versión de 70 minutos de duración, "The New Adventures of Tarzan", compuesta por el primer episodio (de 65 minutos), más la resolución del inicio del segundo capítulo. En 1938 salió al mercado "Tarzan and the Green Goddess", que combinaba distintas secuencias de los episodios restantes.

Every day dozens of decommissioned school buses leave the United States on a southward migration that carries them to Guatemala, where they are repaired, repainted, and resurrected as the brightly-colored camionetas that bring the vast majority of Guatemalans to work each day. Since 2006, nearly 1,000 camioneta drivers and fare-collectors have been murdered for either refusing or being unable to pay the extortion money demanded by local Guatemalan gangs. LA CAMIONETA follows one such bus on its transformative journey: a journey between North and South, between life and death, and through an unfolding collection of moments, people, and places that serve to quietly remind us of the interconnected worlds in which we live.

Una película increíble que documenta los primeros cuatro años de la sublevación zapatista (1994-1998).

This Traveltalk series short visits the village of Chichicastenango, Guatemala and emphasizes the influence of the Mayan culture on its people. It shows how the residents intermingle ancient religious practices with Catholic teachings. Narrator James FitzPatrick introduces, and greets on camera, Father Ildefonso Rossbach, a Catholic priest who ministers to the local population in the village and outlying areas.

Denese Joy Becker, a manicurist living in Iowa, discovers she is indeed Dominga Sic Ruiz, a survivor from a 1982 Guatemalan massacre, when more than 200 people were killed in the small village of Rio Negro, after opposing the construction of a dam, sponsored by World Bank. She then tries to unveil the truth.

Faux documentary told in first-person narration, about an "adventuress" who sets sail to Guatemala with her father and two male crewmen, rescues them when their fresh-water supply is compromised, finds a treasure map, and attempts to steal a fabulous emerald from a ruined temple, much to the aggrevation of a worshipful native princess and her subjects.

A serial in 12 chapters. Tarzan goes to Guatemala to find his lost friend, D'Arnot. On the way he helps Major Matling search Mayan ruins for hidden jewels and an idol containing the formula for a powerful explosive. D'Arnot and the idol are rescued, but the idol falls into the clutches of the explorer Raglan.

Five friends go out for the best night of their lives and their last together. To hunt for love, cheap drinks and salvation.

Claudia Paz y Paz is the head of the Guatemalan Public Prosecutor’s Office. We follow her during her four-year mandate as the Attorney General of one of the world’s most dangerous countries. This documentary closely observes her attempts to break the downward spiral of a society where drug cartels, corruption and violence have become part of daily life. She manages to improve the country’s safety and justice issues but is met with much resistance. Her commitment to the rule of law is her strength as well as her destiny. At what price do four years of service as the Attorney General of Guatemala’s murder paradise come?

Desde un juicio histórico por un genocidio hasta el derrocamiento de un presidente, '500 años' relata la historia de una resistencia en Guatemala llevada a cabo por la población de mayoría maya indígena, que ahora tendrá que reimaginar su sociedad.

En 1979, José Efraín Ríos Montt renace cuando se convierte al cristianismo. Está dando un sermón a dos alumnos cuando un grupo de soldados irrumpe en su escuela cristiana para pedirle dirigir el golpe de estado de 1982. Francisco Chávez Raymundo y su hermana eran niños pequeños cuando su comunidad fue arrasada a causa de las politicas de Ríos Montt. En marzo de 2013, la vida de Francisco Chavez y Efraín Ríos Montt convergen en el mismo espacio. Llamado por la justicia guatemalteca, Ríos es confrontado por un grupo de huérfanos y viudas de la guerra. Uno de ellos es Francisco.

We begin this short visit to Guatemala at the port town of Livingstone, then journey up the Rio Dulce. We stop to watch men tap the trees, harvest the sap, and load the product onto small planes. At a local market, we see indigenous life much as it's been for hundreds of years. Then it's back to the coast, to the prosperous Isla de Flores, a trading island.

For consumers, bananas are a delicious and nutritious start to the day, a healthy snack and a fixture in our fruit bowls. For millions of residents in the banana lands, the production of bananas means social upheaval, violence and pesticide poisoning. Banana Land explores the origins of these disparate realities, and opens the conversation on how workers, producers and consumers can address this disconnect.

En Guatemala opera una banda internacional dedicada a la clonación de animales. Su centro de operaciones está en Panajachel, un lugar paradisíaco en las montañas a orillas del lago de Atitlán. Nico y Neco, agentes de la C.A.C.A. (Conmoción Ambientalista Conservadora de Animales) se envían para detenerlos. Al mismo tiempo, Nito y Neto deciden tomarse unas vacaciones y alojarse en el mismo hotel que los agentes. Ahí es cuando surge el lío. Los malos piensan que los verdaderos agentes son Nito y Neto, quienes sin entender por qué, son perseguidos por tierra y agua defendiéndose solo con su chispa y buen humor.

This FitzPatrick Traveltalk short visits Guatemala City, touching upon its sights, customs, and history.