Every Carnival in Tenosique, Tabasco, wooden men, priestesses and jaguars ritually overcome an evil god in the dance of El Pochó.

The results of facial reconstruction were compared with the malachite mask, as well as with sculptures of Maya women, which are rendered in a style noted for its individualized expressions.

The film focuses on a series of hunger strikes organized by those incarcerated at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison, in protest of conditions in highest-security prisons. By Alissa Wilkinson ...