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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 Initiative
- Series and Special Projects
Producer
Saul Landau
Producer
Meredith Burch
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The Film
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."
