Meta Mayan

Meta Mayan (1981)

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.

Data de estreia
1981-01-01
Duração
20 min
Géneros
Documentário
Realizador
Edin Velez

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