Desc: Mayan Renaissance: Directed by Dawn Gifford Engle. With Rigoberta Menchú, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Jody Williams, Pedro Celestino Yac Noj. Mayan Renaissance documents the glory of the ancient Maya civilization, the Spanish conquest in 1519, five hundred years of oppression, and the courageous fight of the Maya to reclaim their voice and determine their own future.