Ancient Mayans built cosmic GPS 1,000 years before telescopes existed.
In a feast of colours and sounds, Mayan Archaeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe makes a tour of 6 Mayan temples: San Gervasio, Chichen Itzá, Uxmal, Edzná, Palenque and Bonampak where the spectator dives into a Mayan world of knowledge about the importance of the orientations of its temples in relation to the movement of some stars like the Sun, the Moon and Venus.
Cinematography
Dreamy animated star maps that make ancient math look like magic.
Sound
Sara Mendes Da Costa's narration feels like a guided meditation through time.
Director
Milagros Varguez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film subtly corrects centuries of colonial dismissal of indigenous science — these weren't 'primitive' people, they were calculating orbital periods with naked-eye precision.
Director Milagros Varguez specifically chose planetarium distribution over streaming to force viewers to experience the cosmos at scale — it's literally designed to make you feel small.
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