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The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas

The confrontation in Mexico's most southern state raises global questions about the price of progress.

Premiere Date

April 1, 1997

Length

60 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

The epic confrontation between land-poor Mayan peasants, large landowners, and the government in Mexico's most southern state raises global questions as to whether the impoverishment and destruction of cultures that have survived over centuries is simply the price of "progress."