Pamela Yates’ 500 Years is a palpably passionate if somewhat less contained effort than the two films preceding it.

Michael Rechtshaffen

Los Angeles Times

Yates’s films, like the world itself, have no template — they’re messy, rich with feeling, liberated from simple theatrical structures, always honest about what is possible. That one of hers ends with hope is a gift.

Alan Scherstuhl

Village Voice

Heavy with emotion yet light on information, 500 Years has the curious effect of being both passionate and pale. You may find yourself championing its subjects even while feeling confounded by the omission of details by its filmmaker.

Ken Jaworowski

The New York Times