Cabeza de Vaca (1991)

In 1528, a Spanish expedition flounders off the coast of Florida with 600 lives lost. One survivor, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, roams across the American continent searching for his Spanish comrades. Instead, he discovers the Iguase, an ancient Indian tribe. Over the next eight years, Cabeza de Vaca learns their mystical and mysterious culture, becoming a healer and a leader. But soon this New World collides with the Old World as Spanish conquistadors seek to enslave the Indians, and Cabeza de Vaca must confront his own people and his past.

Production

Film4 Productions · Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía · TVE · Iguana Producciones · American Playhouse · Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfica · Universidad de Guadalajara · Cooperativa José Revueltas · Gobierno del Estado de Coahuila · Gobierno del Estado de Nayarit · Grupo Alica · Sociedad Estatal Quinto Centenario · Sociedad Estatal para la Ejecucion de Programas del V Centenario