8. ‘Apocalypto’ Bashes the Wrong Native American People
Mel Gibson’s thrilling chase film, Apocalypto, stars a young man who’s apprehended by desperate Mayan leaders hoping to curry favor with the gods by upping their number of human sacrifices. In reality though, the Mayans rarely practiced human sacrifice (and then it was a punishment reserved for nobles, not commoners). In fact, the Aztec people were known to be fiercer than the largely peaceful — and civilized — Mayans.
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