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This film, based on ritual and legends from the Popul Vuh, as well as Tzeltal and Mayan stories, and shot in the Chiapas region of Mexico, focuses on a small Tzeltal village during a terrible draught. Desperate for relief, thirteen men set out on a quest to save their people from starvation.

Type: Documentary
Length: 95 minutes
Year: 1974
Audio Language: Yucatec Maya
Subtitles: English
Themes: Indigenous Peoples, Mexico
Director(s): Rolando Klein
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