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LAS MOMIAS

January 15, 2014

Title: MOMIAS, LAS Description: This film documents “The Accidental Mummies of Guanajuato” exhibition which appeared at the Natural Science Center of Greensboro, NC in 2012. The history of the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, through the lens of its “accidental mummies”, … Read more

MAYAS U SU’UT KA’ANSAH

January 15, 2014

Title: MAYAS U SU’UT KA’ANSAH Description: Filmed in the states of Quintana Roo and Yucatán, “U Su’us Ka’ansah (The Cycle of Teaching) depicts the living ancestral science within Mayan communities. We are given the opportunity to partake in their cultural … Read more

EN EL CAMINO DE NUESTROS ANTEPASADOS

January 15, 2014

Title: EN EL CAMINO DE NUESTRAS ANTEPASADOS Description: This film uses puppets to deliver lessons about Yucatec Maya language, culture, and history. It deals with issues of contemporary and ancient Maya heritage. The main characters travel to different sites including … Read more

ALPACAS: AN ANDEAN GAMBLE

March 16, 2011

 Description: A documentary about the efforts to bring alpacas, indigenous animals of the Andes who were sacred in Inca culture, to a community in Northern Peru. Populations of alpacas were devastated during the Spanish conquest. The film depicts this cooperative … Read more

APPROACH OF DAWN

March 16, 2011

 Description: An informative and sensitive documentary that tells the story of Mayan women activists and their courageous fight for indigenous rights in Guatemala.  Featuring several outstanding women that are playing an important role in this struggle, including 1992 Nobel Peace … Read more

BUENAVISTA VASE, THE: ARCHEOLOGY VS. LOOTING

March 16, 2011

Description: The Buenavista Base was produced in 1994 at Duke University Museum of Art for the exhibit Painting the Maya Universe. Dorie Reents Budent, curator of the exhibit and curator at DUMA explains in this video the importance of this … Read more

BURIED MIRROR, THE.  PART 1: THE VIRGIN AND THE BULL

March 16, 2011

Description: (five part series) A co-production of Spanish television and the Smithsonian Institute, this Quincentenary series, narrated by the well known Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes, is an excellent historical analysis and creatively filmed story of the encounter of two worlds … Read more

BURIED MIRROR, THE.  PART 2: THE CONFLICT OF THE GODS

March 16, 2011

Description: (five part series) A co-production of Spanish television and the Smithsonian Institute, this Quincentenary series, narrated by the well known Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes, is an excellent historical analysis and creatively filmed story of the encounter of two worlds … Read more

BURIED MIRROR, THE.  PART 3: THE AGE OF GOLD

March 16, 2011

Description: (five part series) A co-production of Spanish television and the Smithsonian Institute, this Quincentenary series, narrated by the well known Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes, is an excellent historical analysis and creatively filmed story of the encounter of two worlds … Read more

BURIED MIRROR, THE.  PART 4: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM

March 16, 2011

Description: (five part series) A co-production of Spanish television and the Smithsonian Institute, this Quincentenary series, narrated by the well known Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes, is an excellent historical analysis and creatively filmed story of the encounter of two worlds … Read more

BURIED MIRROR, THE.  PART 5: UNFINISHED BUSINESS

March 16, 2011

Description: (five part series) A co-production of Spanish television and the Smithsonian Institute, this Quincentenary series, narrated by the well known Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes, is an excellent historical analysis and creatively filmed story of the encounter of two worlds … Read more

CHOCOLATE: PATHWAY TO THE GODS

March 16, 2011

Description: Our universal passion for chocolate goes back over 3,000 years. This documentary explores the history of this divine substance through artifacts, ritual, and obsession; and takes the viewer on a journey from ancient Mesoamerica to Europe’s finest chocolate houses. … Read more

CITIES OF THE ANCIENT MAYAS

March 16, 2011

Description: This is a documentary by the Educational Video Network about ancient Maya society. This is intended for younger audiences. Copies: 2 (DVD and VHS) Length: 23 minutes

COUPLE IN THE CAGE

March 16, 2011

Description: This film documents the traveling performance of Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Coco Fusco, in which they exhibit themselves as caged Amerindians from an imaginary island, providing a vivid and provocative interpretation of cultural encounters. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 30 minutes

EDGE WALKER: A CONVERSATION WITH LINDA SCHELE

March 16, 2011

Description: Documentary tribute to the late Linda Schele, among the leading scholars of Maya civilization, who in January 1998 gave a long, filmed interview in which she talks freely and frankly in her own inimitable style about her life, work, … Read more

FESTIVAL OF MAMACHA GRANDE, THE

March 16, 2011

Description: Every year on July 16th the town of Paucartambo celebrates the festival of the Virgen del Carmen, Mamacha Carmen. According to tradition, the beauty of this festival arises from the competition between it and the Virgen del Rosario, the … Read more

IN SEARCH OF THE MAYAS

March 16, 2011

Description: Deep in the rainforest of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula are the lost Mayan Cities of Chichen Itzá and Palenque. Discover their magic and learn about the Mayan culture while exploring some of the region’s most exquisite examples of pre-Hispanic American … Read more

INCAS REMEMBERED

March 16, 2011

Description: Explores the mysteries of an advanced civilization’s disappearance. The miracles of the Incas are presented in this engrossing special by award winning filmmaker Luch Jarvis. Suitable for all ages, but excellent for elementary-school students. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 60 … Read more

INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN CHICHÉN ITZÁ

March 16, 2011

Description: This oringinal ethnographic video depicts how New Agers, the Mexican state, tourists, and 1920s archeologists all contend to “clear” the site of the antique Maya city of Chiché Itzá in order to produce their own idealized and unobstructed visions … Read more

KNOROSOV: THE DECIPHERMENT OF THE MAYAN SCRIPT

March 16, 2011

Description: This documentary retraces the decipherment of the ancient Mayan codices by an unknown Russian scholar, Yuri Valentinovich Knorosov. Due to the political tensions of the Cold War, Western scholars ignored his linguistic breakthrough. This film recounts the personal and … Read more

MANUEL ZAPATA OLIVELLA: ABRIDOR DE CAMINOS

March 16, 2011

Description: As one of the most prominent Afro-Colombian figures of the 20th century, Manuel Zapata Olivella did many things to promote Colombian culture and the history of African-descended peoples in Colombia. This documentary deals with various aspects of his versatile … Read more

MAYA, THE

March 16, 2011

Description: This great exhibit shows the expressive aesthetic language and historical testimony of an admirable civilization. This is the first presentation of the maya civilization that has covered all the regions of their geographical extension, all the periods of its … Read more

MEXICAN PREHISPANIC CULTURES

March 16, 2011

Description: This film takes a look at the cultural wealth of prehispanic Mexico: the civilizations of the Toltecs, the Aztecs, the Mayas, and their legacies are explored. Intended for younger audiences. An Educational Video Network film. Copies: 2 (DVD and … Read more

RITES OF THE DAY OF THE DEAD

March 16, 2011

Description: Every November the Mexican people clean and decorate the graves of their loved ones, set beautiful tables or altars in which they place offerings so the visiting dead enjoy them. Experience these and other ancestral rituals of the Day … Read more

SACRED GAMES: RITUAL WARFARE

March 16, 2011

Description: Every year in San Juan Chamula, Chiapas, in Southern Mexico, thousands of Maya Indians gather to celebrate Carnival, which they call “Festival of Games”. This award winning film, which merges Catholicism and ancient Maya rights, beautifully captures the passion … Read more