Men Of Maize

Guided by a Guatemalan shaman, a filmmaker weaves decades-old ethnographic footage with present-day scenes around Lake Atitlán to show how Maya traditions survive colonization.

A rhythmic, flipbook-like collage where past and present Maya life mirror each other.

Under the tutelage of a Guatemalan shaman, New York-based director Anthony Prince explores the steadfast preservation of Maya culture in the face of centuries of Spanish colonization.

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