Untitled Santa Cruz Chinautla Documentary

SYNOPSIS For over five centuries, Guatemala's Indigenous Maya Poqomam have fought erasure. Now, as sand mining and extreme pollution devastate their ancestral home, "Santa Cruz Chinautla" follows their modern resistance—revealing how one community transforms ecological terror into cultural resilience.

Feature Documentary In Production | Directed & Produced by Erin Semine Kökdil

Produced by Erin Persley & Elvis Caballeros | Cinematography by Carla Molina | Edited by Hannah Hughes

With support from: Canon, Fulbright, National Geographic, University of Oklahoma: Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, True/False Film Festival, Big Sky Institute, Center for Independent Documentary

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