[Eureka, California] : [distributed by Shenandoah Film & Video], ©1998.
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• DVD NTSC.
• Writer and director, Steve Bartz editor, Elizabeth Finlayson additional editors, Ismael Saavedra, Ken Schneider music, Ismael Saavedra.
• Narrator, Martin Sheen.
• Chants, songs, and flute, Jośé Solórzano, Chan K’in, Jose Valenzuela.
• Flute and percussion, Rudy Haas, Ismael Saavedra.
• This documentary portrays the meeting in Chiapas, Mexico, of two Maya rain forest communities who rediscover their common heritage just as outside forces are menacing them with extinction. Contemporary American Indian concerns of cultural recuperation and autonomy are at the forefront of this historic journey of two Maya elders. –Container.
• The Itza and Lacandones were among the last Maya groups reached by the Christian missionaries who accompanied the conquest. As a result, both groups have conserved their language and many ancestral customs and beliefs that link them to a tradition at least 2,500 years old. –Container.
• In English.

Subjects:

• Itza Indians — Mexico — Social life and customs.
• Lacandon Indians — Mexico — Social life and customs.
• Mayas — Mexico — Chiapas — Social life and customs.
• Maya Forest — Environmental aspects.
• Indians of Central America — Songs and music.
• Documentary films. lcgft
• Nonfiction films. lcgft

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