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Mexotica – Incidents of Travel in Chiapas & Yucatan

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Video of monologue for camera written and performed by Christopher Danowski: a white male travels to southern Mexico in search of Mayan mysticism and is instead confronted by surreal tourist behaviour.

Artist / Author Christopher Danowski
Reference D1941
Date 1970
Type DVD

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