Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth

Program Running Time 98 min.

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(Herz des Himmels, Herz der Erde)
Directed By: Frauke Sandig, Eric Black
(Germany, USA, Guatemala, 2011, 98 mins, HDCAM)

The location of the world’s largest—and possibly toxic—gold-mine pit, Guatemala is also the homeland of the Maya and their decidedly holistic cosmology. Frauke Sandig and Eric Black’s kaleidoscopically beautiful documentary follows the daily and ceremonial lives of six articulate young Maya as they struggle to maintain their way of life.