Dancing with Cortés

2022 • Directed by

Peter Melaragno

Documentary

In a rental car, we retrace Hernán Cortés's expedition to conquer Mexico from his first contact with the Aztec empire in 1519 to his meeting with the Aztec emperor Montezuma II. A journey that attempts to probe the tragedy inherent in the complete destruction of Tenochtitlan, one of the greatest cities ever created by the original populations of the Western Hemisphere.