Run Time: 2 hours
UPC:
033937033650
ISBN: 1568559038"Wonderful DVD..aerial and underwater photography, computer
animation, maps, charts, paintings, photos and the subtle but excellent
use of music cues to enrich the text. Excellent, excellent tape."-Review
from Video Librarian.
"Excellent, excellent tape. Highly recommended."-Editor's Choice.
The brilliant and powerful cultures of Mesoamerica (Olmecs, Zapotecs,
Toltecs, Aztecs and Maya) believed that one day the God-man
Quetzalcoatl would return from the east to claim his rightful throne.
This idea was supported by a complex calendar and close observations of
the heavens. The coincidental arrival of the Spaniard Hernando Cortez at
the prescribed time fulfilled the fatal doctrine of the great Empire
cities. Even before the Spaniards arrived in the 1520s, strife between
the rival city-states had already weakened their lands. Many of the
great Maya cities were deserted and left empty. This video story not
only traces the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and Maya, but also
follows the journeys, in 1839, of New York explorer John L. Stephens to
these strange and wonderful cities. Using computer graphic
reconstruction, animated maps, classic art, reenactment and beautiful
on-location cinematography, the viewer sees Teotihuacn, Cholula, Monte
Albn, Chichn Itz, Tenochtitln, Tikal, Copn, Uxmal, and Palenque as they
might have looked 1,000 years ago before defeat and decay brought about
their tragic end.
Bonus Program: The Maya -Temples, Tombs, and Time - Their
rise to power and the influence of their city-states throughout
Mesoamerica are brought to life with extensive on-location footage,
aerial photography, National Geographic re-creations and computer
animation. Observe the modern day Mayan struggle to keep their ancient
culture alive in the 21st Century. The program brings to life a culture
long shrouded in historical inaccuracies and misconceptions.