Amanda Arnold
Amanda Arnold is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor who contributes to SAVEUR, Broadly, Literary Hub, and Racked, among others.
By Amanda Arnold
| August 19, 2016
While the plot is fictional, Ixcanul at times can feel like a documentary, as Bustamante captures a very real culture that exists in this world. Descendants of the Mayan civilization, Kaqchikel people still reside in the central region of Guatemala—and in fact served as characters in the film.