The Mesoamerican ball game, one of the purest links between the pre-Hispanic world and modern-day Mexico, captured global interest with the 1984 presentation of Ulama: The Game of Life and Death and its subsequent commercial release two years later. Honored with five Ariel Awards from the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences—in the categories of Best First Feature, Best Feature Film, Best Music, Best Editing, and Best Photography—as well as the Silver Goddess Award from the National Journalists Prize, Ulama: The Game of Life and Death is considered a true classic of Mexican documentary cinema and a global pioneer of the "docudrama" genre. This DVD version is accompanied by a study that updates and complements our modern vision of the ball game. It is fully illustrated and designed to clarify the complex ideology that links Mexico's past and present through a ritual sport that originally commemorated the order of the universe.

Product Details

• Hardcover 
• Book and DVD
• Language:‎ English, Spanish
• Print length: 80 pages