
Meta Mayan(1981)
January 1, 1981
20m
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.
Director
Edin VelezProducer
Crew
Details
Original Language
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Country
United States of America
Production
The TV Lab at WNET/13











