Incidents of Travel in Chichen Itza

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Incidents of Travel in Chichén Itzá^[1] is an ethnographic film (ethnographic documentary). Jeff Himpele and Quetzil E. Castañeda, filmmakers and producers.^[2] Production 1995 and 1997. Postproduction release: 1997.^[3]

This ethnographic film can be considered as a combination of the documentary film styles that Bill Nichols calls the participatory and the performative modes.^[4] While shooting the film, the filmmakers emphasized techniques of cinéma verité as pioneered in anthropological films by Jean Rouch. It has become a classic film text in the anthropology of tourism for its portrayal of the economic, social, cultural and political conflicts surrounding a major international tourism destination based on archaeological heritage. It is also a classic in the anthropology of religion and used as a vivid ethnographic account of New Age spiritualists and their practices.