När Mayariket står inför sitt fall är härskarna övertygade om att nyckeln till framgång är att bygga fler tempel och utföra fler offer av människor. För 600 år sedan, före spanjorernas erövring av Mexico och Centralamerika på 1500-talet beger sig en man ut på en resa för att rädda sin idylliska värld.Jaguar Paw, en ung man som utsetts som offer, flyr riket för att undgå sitt öde.
För sex år sedan kraschade en rymdsond från NASA i Mexikos öken innehållande partiklar som bevisade att det finns utomjordiskt liv. Men sonden hade också med sig växter som förökade sig och snabbt omvandlade södra USA och norra Mexiko till en ockuperad zon där det är livsfarligt för människan att vistas. I ett postapokalyptiskt Mexiko försöker Andrew eskortera sin chefs dotter till den amerikanska gränsen. I detta infekterade ingenmansland döljer sig monstruösa ting.
Amerikanska lycksökare i Guatemala bestämmer sig för att hjälpa en vacker ung dam att finna en aztekisk skatt. Vad de inte vet är att en förbannelse vilar över skatten - och att en stam urinvånare bestämt hävdar att skatten tillhör dom.
William Walker (1824-1860) får i uppdrag av miljonären Vanderbilt att ingripa i inbördesstriden i Nicaragua. Den 16 juni 1855 landstiger Walker och en grupp män i landet. De attackerar staden Rivas och dras in i hårda strider. Efter att ha fått förstärkning invaderar de Granada och tar kontroll över regeringen. 1856 håller Walker val och utropar sig själv till president. Redan i början på året har Costa Rica och andra centralamerikanska länder förklarat krig mot Walkers Nicaragua.
Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.
Set in the 1920s, several foreigners held by a South American military group are offered possible freedom if they accept to topple a local crazed military leader.
An American mother searches for her daughter who was kidnapped by human traffickers in Central America.
Through raw, revealing footage and interviews with fugitive tech pioneer John McAfee, this documentary uncovers new layers of his wild years on the run.
On the French coast, unlucky Marie Galante is abducted and forced to board an American cargo ship bound for the Panama Canal. When an escape attempt leaves Marie high and dry in the Yucatan, she takes work as a nightclub singer to earn her safe passage to the Canal region. But Marie faces bigger problems when she gets mixed up in a destructive plot against the U.S. Naval fleet, and so she accepts the kindly assistance of secret agent Dr. Crawbett.
A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.
Filmed in IMAX, a young Mayan boy who lives close to the ruins becomes acquainted with an archaeologist (Guerra) and asks her to tell him about his ancestors. The crew travelled to over 15 locations in Mexico and Guatemala, including Tulum and Chichén Itzá.
Filmen handlar om en grupp nicaraguanska fruktarbetare och deras rättsliga strid med frukt- och grönsaksföretaget Dole. Advokaten Juan Dominguez är ombud för sammanlagt cirka 10 000 fruktarbetare som på 1970-talet arbetade på Doles plantager i Nicaragua. Dole använde då fortfarande bekämpningsmedlet DBCP, många år efter att användningen totalförbjudits i USA.
A Central American revolutionary is captured and tortured by government forces. He escapes and flees to the US, hiding out in a rural area where he is sheltered by a Christian sanctuary movement. His wife gets a job at a local diner run by one of the town's shadier women, and soon a CIA assassination team shows up, looking for him.
Mayan Renaissance is a feature length film which documents the glory of the ancient Maya civilization, the Spanish conquest in 1519, 500 years of oppression, and the courageous fight of the Maya to reclaim their voice and determine their own future, in Guatemala and throughout Central America. The film stars 1992 Nobel Peace Laureate and Maya Leader Rigoberta Mencu Tum. All of the images, voices, expert commentary and music in the film come directly from Central America, the heart of the Mayan World.
MAXIMÓN - Devil or Saint (66min.) is a documentary about the controversial Maya deity, also known as San Simon or the drinking and smoking saint of Guatemala. He is a mixture of ancient Maya beliefs and Christianity. The movie concentrates on the people who surround Maximón with their strong personalities, opinions and faith. The documentary gives us a rare view into the rituals and fiestas honoring Maximón. The cult of Maximón is flourishing because he performs miracles. He is also feared and despised because he is used to cast curses that can result in death. Ultimately, Maximón transcends the duality of good and evil, reflecting the Maya cosmovision in which everything in the universe co-exists.
Prepare to get tangled in the jungles of Belize when an arms smuggler loses her partner in a deadly shootout and finds herself on the run in the tropics of Central America. Helen is an amateur, making her money as an illegal arms trader to Central American terrorists. And as she runs for her life after the deal goes bad, she has no choice but to trusts Jeff, a British Intelligence Agent - it's a life and death chase, where passion and loyalty are easily confused...
1645. Guadeloupe. Ibátali, a Kalinago native and wife of a French colonist, leads Olaudah, an escaped African captive, on a journey where he may lose his freedom and his life. She is ready to sacrifice him to save her own skin. But their wounds bring them together. Will this be enough to make them something other than what colonisation has decided they should be: a savage to be exterminated, an African to be enslaved?
Wild Caribbean is a four-part BBC nature documentary series exploring the natural and cultural history of the Caribbean Islands and Sea. 1. "Treasure Islands" 2. "Reefs and Wrecks" 3. "Hurricane Hell" 4. "Secret Shores"
Pop singer Lu, who's touring Central America, her sleazy manager Harold, a rugged boat captain and their guide, Sam, and Sam's girl Brandy, are targeted by a gang and a local tribe over Lu's resemblance to the natives' moon goddess.
A story of destinies joined by Guatemala's past, and how a documentary film intertwined with a nation's turbulent history emerges as an active player in the present.