| Ruins |
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Surveying representative moments from the history of Mesoamerican antiquarianism, this experimental documentary suggests how diplomacy and Pan-Americanism framed the recontexualization of archeological objects as art. Part faked newsreel, part diffusionist rant, "Ruins" uses appropriated sounds and images to contemplate a With Sylvanus Morley, Maria Elena Pat, Filiberto Sanchez Varela, Brigido Lara and Alice Dixon Le Plongeon.
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16mm, black and white, 78 minutes, 1999 
history of appropriated objects. The film visits with Brigido Lara, master forger, and suggests parallels between the documentary film and the fake. 
