Chaco Canyon, located in northwest New Mexico, is perhaps the only site in the world constructed in an elaborate pattern that mirrors the yearly cycle of the sun and the 19-year cycle of the moon. How did an ancient civilization, with no known written language, arrange its buildings into a virtual celestial calendar, spanning an area roughly the size of Ireland?
Cast
Robert Redford
Narrator (voice)
Paul Pino
Self - Council Member, Laguna Pueblo
John Stein
Self - Archaeologist
Mike Marshall
Self - Archaeologist
Rich Friedman
Self - Geologist
Anna Sofaer
Self - Archaeoastronomer
Phil Tuwaletstiwa
Self - Geodesist, Hopi Tribe
Edmund J. Ladd
Self - Archaeologist, Zuni
Dave Warren
Self - Ethnohistorian, Santa Clara Pueblo
Petuuche Gilbert
Self - Historian, Acoma Pueblo
Crew
Anna Sofaer
Director, Writer
Matt Dibble
Writer, Editor, Cinematography
Edward A. Gutentag
Cinematography
Steve Snow
Cinematography
Denver Miller
Cinematography
Alan Price
Cinematography, Animation Director
Doug Kahan
Cinematography
David Aubrey
Cinematography
Rick Von Kaenel
Cinematography
Eric Temple
Cinematography
Karl Kernberger
Cinematography
Steve Banister
Cinematography
William Harrison
Cinematography
Alton Walpole
Cinematography
Michael Johnson
Cinematography
Gay Browning
Cinematography
Anna Sofaer
Producer
Andrea Nix Fine
Associate Producer
Aleksei Zolotaryov
Animation
Tim Best
Animation
Miguel Rivera
Sound Effects
James Becker
Sound
Michael Josephs
Additional Music
Ron Sunsinger
Additional Music
Michael Stearns
Music
Ron Cox
Modeling
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