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Director(s):
DE FAVITSKI (ALEXIS)
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Producer(s):
KM, ARTE FRANCE
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Territories:
Worldwide.
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Production year:
2027
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Language(s):
German, English, French
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Rights:
TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD
They built one of the first major cities on the Mesoamerican continent, long before the Maya and the Aztecs. Who were the Olmecs, the sculptors of those famous and enigmatic colossal heads?
In the tropical plains of the Gulf of Mexico, around 1800 BCE, a civilization as ancient as it is mysterious emerged. Who were the Olmecs? How did they live? As pioneers, builders, and artists, their influence left a significant mark on the history of pre-Columbian America.
In San Lorenzo, Mexican archaeologist Virginia Aerieta is excavating the ruins of the first Olmec capital, lost in the jungle. Thanks to exceptional access to the site and its discoveries, as well as the work of scientists from different areas of expertise —anthropologists, biologists, physicists—the film reveals the secrets of this little-known civilization.
For the first time, 3D animations based on twenty years of archaeological data unveil the architecture and organization of the great Olmec capitals, the founding metropolises of the Mesoamerican civilization.