[Aztlan] Chac The Rain God

[Christopher Shaw]

Listeros: The movie certainly justifies preservation. The lead actor in the 
film, Alonso Mendez Ton, was from Tenejapa. His son, Alonso Mendez, now 
lives and guides in Palenque, and recently published a paper on astronomical 
hierophanies there. The old Lacandon who greets Alonso padre on his journey 
to the lowlands is Chan K'in Viejo of Naha.  All if memory serves, at any 
rate. It's good. Chris Shaw

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Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Aztlan] Chac The Rain God


> Years ago, I was able to talk to Rolando Klein about this film.  He had
> left making films and was selling exotic palm trees at that time.  Where
> can one get a copy of the DVD, and does her get any royalties from this
> new release?
>
> Mario Aguilar
> www.mexicayotl.org
>
> mario malo wrote:
>> Listeros,  Chac: The Rain God,   A Visually striking, Suspenseful, 
>> Hypnotic film! I found this DVD film at my Library in Sacramento, Ca., 
>> The caption reads:  A cult film from the 1970s, lost for years and now 
>> newly restored, Chac: The Rain God is based on the ritual and legends 
>> from the Popul Vuh, as well as Tzeltal and Mayan stories. This gorgeous 
>> film, shot in the Chiapas region of Mexico by Chilean director Rolando 
>> Klein, focuses on a small Tzeltal village during a terrible drought. 
>> Desperate for relief, thirteen men set out on a quest to save their 
>> people from starvation. They seek a solitary Diviner who lives in the 
>> mountains and knows the ways of the Ancients; they hope that he can 
>> summon Chac, the Rain God. The Diviner takes them far from their own land 
>> on a strange journey - a trek that challenges their beliefs and even 
>> their own sanity.  A wonderful film,   Mario F. Malo
>>
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