Quetzal
a short film about a stop over.
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a short film about a stop over.
Manuel, a shaman desperate for not being able to cure his daughter Zyanya, decides to go against his principles and practice a ritual of Nahualism.
The murder of a rich man leads a private detective to Guatemala, where a seductive femme fatale pulls him into a tangled web of intrigue surrounding the priceless Mayan jade quetzal.
Benjamin Peret narrates Aztec myth
This is the hauntological image of the sacred Mesoamerican snake. The contemporary flickering of his shamanic presence. Part of the Hauntology nests.
Just a short animation of a large azdarchid (perhaps Quetzalcoatlus) and a juvenile Triceratops. All sound design homemade, by me! Just for a bit of fun.
The history of civilization as seen through the eyes of the Aztec Indians. Aztec legend, the coming of Western culture and its effect upon Mexico. Mushroom ceremonies form the soundtrack.
Produced by the University of Southern California Department of Cinema.
Throughout the centuries the quetzal has survived from its mythological symbolism in the Mexica and Maya pantheons to the fragile species that inhabit the cloud forests of Mesoamerica and Central America. Guatemalan phot