Agency:.Produced by the NFB with the participation of the Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografia and the Canadian Museum of Civilization, in association with Secretaria de Turismo of Mexico, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes of Mexico, and the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

Director, Barrie Howells, Roberto Rochin ; producer, Barrie Howells ; executive producer, Don Haig, Mark Zannis, Frank Corcoran, Georgina Balzarreti ; script, Oscar Montero, Barrie Howells ; photography, Savas Kalogeras ; sound, Yves Gendron, Louis Marion ; editing, Michael McKennirey ; sound editing, André Galbrand, Danuta Klis ; re-recording, Jean-Pierre Joutel, Serge Boivin ; animation, Mario Noviello ; music, Larry Crosley.

Narrator, Susan Glover ; cast, Nicolas Alonso, Blanca Guerra, Javier Viesca, François Tormos, Oscar Traven, Juan Antonio Llanes, Juan Carlos Colombo, Alberto Ruz.

Recorded 1995.

Deep within the jungles of Mexico and Guatemala and extending into the limestone shelf of the Yucatan peninsula lie the fabled pyramids, temples and palaces of the Maya. While Europe still slumbered in the Dark Ages, these innovative people had charted the heavens, evolved the only true writing system native to the Americas and had made tremendous strides in mathematics and calendrics. Without metal tools, beasts of burden or even the wheel, the Maya were able to construct vast cities. Filmed at numerous sacred sites throughout Central America, Mystery of the Maya explores the culture, science and history of this fascinating people.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Bronze Plaque Award, 1996

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).