HUMA 2323 CRN 24625
World Cultures: Ancient Mesoamerica
Location and Time:
Instructor:
Email Address:
Office Hours:
SE FM 304 Fridays, 5:30pm – 9:30pm
Juan Manuel Galván, ABD
jmgalvan68@gmail.com
SE FM 304, Fridays 5:00 – 5:30 pm;
SE FM 306, Tuesdays-Thursdays, 5:00-5:30 pm; or by appointment.
YOU ONLY NEED TO WRITE CRITIQUES OF 10 (TEN) FILMS FROM THE LIST BELOW.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CRITIQUES ARE ORIGINAL, THAT THEY ARE NOT PLAGIARIZED.
CONSULT THE SYLLABUS TO LEARN WHAT PLAGIARISM IS. PENALTY FOR PLAGIARISM IS
AN “F” IN THIS COURSE.
FILMS ASSIGNED
1.
Jamake Highwater, “Native Land: Nomads of the Dawn” (c. 1984). 57 minutes. SHOWN IN CLASS.
2.
“Cahokia: City of the Sun”. 15 minutes. SHOWN IN CLASS.
http://cahokiamounds.org/explore/video
3.
Jack Leustig and Kevin Costner, “500 Nations, Episode 1: The Anasazi; Cahokia”. (1990). 30 minutes.
SHOWN IN CLASS.
4.
Michael Wood, “Central America: The Burden of Time” (1991). 50 minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdNq8lHdMA
5.
Patricia Amlin, “Popol Vuh: Sacred Book of the Quiché Maya” (1989). 60 minutes. SHOWN IN CLASS.
DVD available a the HCC-SE library.
6.
Ana María Pavez, producer. Popol Vuh. Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, c2007.10
minutes. Free download from HCC Libraries
http://librus.hccs.edu/search~S23?/Xpopol+vuh&SORT=D/Xpopol+vuh&SORT=D&SUBKEY=popol+vuh/1
%2C21%2C21%2CB/frameset&FF=Xpopol+vuh&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C
7.
Mystery of the Maya. SHOWN IN CLASS.
8.
The Maya (2008). 60 minutes. Free download from the HCC Libraries.
http://librus.hccs.edu/search~S23?/Xmaya&SORT=DZ/Xmaya&SORT=DZ&extended=0&SUBKEY=maya/1
%2C579%2C579%2CB/frameset&FF=Xmaya&SORT=DZ&16%2C16%2C
9.
Teotihuacan: City of the Gods (2011). 60 minutes. SHOWN IN CLASS. Not available online.
10.
Jack Leustig and Kevin Costner: “500 Nations, Episode 2: Mexico, the rise and fall of the Aztec”. (1990). 30
minutes. SHOWN IN CLASS
11.
Return to Aztlan (1991). 92 minutes. SHOWN IN CLASS. Not available online.
12.
Erendira Ikikunari. TO BE SHOWN IN CLASS. Available online only with Spanish subtitles.
13.
Salvador Carrasco, “The Other Conquest” (1998). 110 minutes. DVD available at the HCC-SE library.
Galván
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