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- The complex and beautiful hieroglyphic script of the ancient Maya was until recently one of the last great untranslated writing systems. Based on the best-selling book by Michael Coe, called by the New York Times "one of the great stories of 20th century scientific discovery", Breaking the Maya Code traces the epic quest to unlock the secrets of the script across 200 years, nine countries and three continents.
- The animated documentary Proteus explores the nineteenth century's engagement with the undersea world through science, technology, painting, poetry and myth. The central figure of the film is biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel, who found in the depths of the sea an ecstatic and visionary fusion of science and art.
- Sanctus intercuts three Mexican rituals of parallel structure: the Catholic Mass, as performed by Monsignor Mercadillo in the parochial church of San Miguel Allende, Guanajuato; the bullfight, as performed by the bullfighting great El Cordobes in the plaza de toros of Mexico City; and the sacred (hallucinogenic) mushroom ceremony of the Mazatec Indians, as performed in the remote Oaxacan jungle by the curandero Manuel Estrada.
- Photographed from Tibetan scroll paintings of the 16th to 19th centuries, Tanka is a cyclical vision of ancient gods and demons, an animated journey through the image world of the Tibetan Book of the Dead.