Mystery of the Maya / The National Film Board of Canada, The Mexican Film Institute, The Canadian Museum of Civilization present ; coproduced by The National Film Board of Canada, The Canadian Museum of Civilization, Secretary of Tourism-Mexico, National Council of Culture and Arts-Mexico, The Mexican Film Institute with the cooperation of The National Institute of Anthropology and History-Mexico ; script writer, Oscar Montero ; producer, Barrie Howells ; directed by Barrie Howells, Roberto Rochin.

As Europe suffered through the Dark Ages, the culture of the Maya of Central America was reaching its apex. Through dramatizations and recreations, this film illustrates scenes from traditional Maya life, the period of the Spanish invasion, the nineteenth-century explorers who first documented the e...

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