Janson Expands Giant Screen Films Catalog

Janson Media today announced the release of Mexico to television markets worldwide. This 43-minute Giant Screen Film, recently converted to HDTV, is a spectacular journey of color music and legend, leading viewers on a visual journey through this country"s rich and varied past and present. The film is narrated by Martin Sheen (in English) and Enrique Rocha (in Spanish), using text from Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes and ancient Aztec and Mayan poetry. Stunning Giant Screen images and a dramatic musical score by Daniel Valdez create a vivid, insightful portrait of the Mexican people and their culture. From the tumultuous crowds at the annual lndependence Day celebration in Mexico City, the audience is transported back three milennia to the ancient Olmec, Toltec, Zapotec, Totanac, Aztec and Maya civilizations - the roots of Mexican culture. The abrupt, violent contact with Spanish conquerors in the early 16th century, dramatized in the overpowering images of Diego Rivera and other Mexican muralists, gives way to the fusion of cultures and the birth of a new society. Weaving together powerful visual testimonies of the past with current celebrations of age-old traditions, Mexico"s history and culture come marvelously alive, shaping and reshaping the nation"s path as it moves into the 21st century.