
synopsis
The Selva Maya stretches across southern Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. With more than ten million hectares, it is the largest tropical rainforest in Mesoamerica.
The forest is named after the Mayan civilization that once inhabited this area. Its architecture, written culture and astronomical knowledge continue to fascinate researchers today. However, archaeological finds also show that the Maya themselves made a significant contribution to the demise of their civilization by overexploiting the forests in which they lived. Today, the Selva Maya is again threatened by humans. The forest is disappearing, giving way to sugar cane plantations and cattle ranches. The question arises as to whether our contemporary civilization is repeating the mistakes of the Mayans or whether we are able to learn from the fate of our ancestors.
filmstills
© Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
distribution
international distribution
by Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

The film was screened on conferences and is available on the
VIDEO ON DEMAND
available on YouTube

credits
protagonists
directed by
producer
camera
editor
boom operator
music
voice over
color grading
Dean Tzib
Manola Lima
Ricardo Cortéz
Felisa Navas Perez
Ricardo Tun González
Luis Ariel Ongay Carrillo
Nils Reinecke & Johannes Preuss
Nils Reinecke & Johannes Preuss
Johannes Preuss
Nils Reinecke
Nils Reinecke
Joe Sanders
Jonathan Failla (English)
Hubert Burzek (German)
Mariano Ramírez Gisbert (Spanish)
Nils Reinecke
production pictures
© Johannes Preuss, Nils Reinecke

JOHANNES PREUSS
Documentary Film
Impressum