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 of “Maya” while the local Maya themselves struggle to occupy the site as vendors and artisans.
Type: DocumentaryLength: 90 minutes
Year: 1997
Audio Language: Spanish
Subtitles: None
Themes: Anthropology/Archaeology, Indigenous Peoples, Mexico
Director(s): Jeffrey Himpele and Quetzil Castaneda
