Meta Mayan
movie
Released January 01, 1981
Genres:
Overview
Filmed in the Guatemalan Highlands during a 1980 journey, Edín Vélez’s experimental video essay offers a lyrical portrait of Mayan life. Avoiding conventional narration or ethnographic analysis, the film observes gestures, landscapes, and daily rituals through slow motion and expressive camera techniques, while American news broadcasts evoke the political conflict surrounding the community, creating a meditation on cultural resilience in a changing world.
Runtime
0h 20m
Origin Country
United States
Original Language
xx
Original Title
Meta Mayan
Status
Released
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- No Language (No Language)
Production Companies
- no logo available
The TV Lab at WNET/13
United States
Cast
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