Maya peoples
People of southern Mexico and northern Central America
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| 2022 | Release of 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever', an adventure film sequel featuring a storyline about a superhuman Maya tribe with ancestors from the Mesoamerican jungle. |
| 2019 | Release of 'La Llorona', a horror film addressing the genocide of the Maya in Guatemala. |
| April 1 2018 | Ríos Montt dies of a heart attack, ending the legal proceedings against him for the Maya genocide. |
| 2015 | Release of 'Ixcanul', the first movie entirely produced in the Kaqchikel Maya language, depicting the life of a young woman in a traditional Maya village. |
| August 25 2015 | A court deliberates that a re-trial of the 2013 proceedings could potentially find Ríos Montt guilty or not guilty, with any sentence to be suspended. |
| January 5 2015 | Ríos Montt appears in court again amid protests from his lawyers about his health conditions. |
| May 20 2013 | The constitutional court overturns Ríos Montt's genocide conviction due to alleged procedural irregularities. |
| May 10 2013 | Ríos Montt is sentenced to 80 years in prison for genocide and crimes against humanity. |
| 2012 | Release of 'Mayan Renaissance', featuring Rigoberta Menchú. |
| January 26 2012 | Former president Ríos Montt is formally indicted in Guatemala for overseeing the massacre of 1,771 civilians from the Ixil Maya group. |
| 2011 | Release of 'Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth', a documentary about contemporary Maya people and their struggle to preserve their culture and environment. |
| 2010 | Maya language courses began being taught at Indiana University at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. |
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