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Sastun: My Apprenticeship With A Maya Healer

A quest to preserve
the healing knowledge
of one the
last Maya Shamans

"The Slamdance 2002 Film Festival has invited 12 feature films, from a record 2468 submissions, to compete at our eighth annual festival," Peter Baxter, Slamdance Executive Director/Co-Founder announced today. Seven of the Competition Features are fictional narratives, while a record five documentaries will screen in competition this year. In addition to the dozen feature length films, 11 of which are premieres, Slamdance will also screen 12 short films in competition. The festival will run from January 11-19, 2002, in Park City, Utah - coinciding with the Sundance Film Festival. Special Screenings and festival events will be announced at a later date.
Sastun tells the extraordinary story of American herbologist Rosita Arvigo, who's quest to explore the healing powers of plants led her to the rainforest of Belize, where she befriended one of the last remaining Maya shamans Don Elijio Panti. Directed by Guido Verweyen..