Maya Are People (1951)
1951 · Short film · 20 min · dir. Les Mitchel
Synopsis
Les Mitchel visits the Lacandón Maya of the Yucatán rainforest and records their life as people rather than specimens; a 1951 travel-lecture film.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Director
- Les Mitchel
- Running time
- 20 minutes
Cast & crew
- Les Mitchel Director
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★ · What a shame......... · MayaJourney · 2012-10-30
There are many problems with this video. The author says that the locals didn't know about their history. Who interview the Maya-Lacandon? I see them smiling but I don't see them talking. How can they decide what knowledge they had if there was no conversation between them? Who translated? The Ah’Me’en – Chamán – Ajq’ijab’ - Curandero – is the healer, the Maya Physician, that taught us about the plants, trees and animals used to heal. Their knowledge about the jungle was incredible. Also, another thing that is not true is that the author says that the government of Mexico was trying to help…
