Founded by Pamela Yates, Peter Kinoy and Paco de Onís in 1981, Skylight is a media organization based in Brooklyn, NY that has been making feature-length documentaries and short digital projects for over 30 years.
Their first feature-length film, When the Mountains Tremble (1983), describes the struggle of the largely indigenous Guatemalan peasantry against a legacy of state and foreign oppression.
Centered on the experiences of Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchú, a Maya K’iche indigenous leader, the film knits a variety of forms — interviews, direct address, re-enactment, video transmission, and on the spot footage shot at great hazard — into a wide-ranging and remarkable cohesive epic canvas of the Guatemalan struggle.
Their film, State of Fear: The Truth about Terrorism, won the 2006 Overseas Press Club Award for "Best Reporting in Any Medium on Latin America".
In addition to feature-length films, Skylight also produces complementary media tools and digital projects that work to bolster the human rights movement.