Latin Business Association Digital Expo Honors Mel Gibsons

Thu, Nov 2nd 2006, 08:00 by

Mel Gibson and Rick Sarmiento

LBA Digital Expo Honors Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson has received the Visionary Award from the Latino Business Association (LBA) in Los Angeles for his work on his latest film "Apocalypto." The movie was filmed almost entirely in Mexico, and it chronicles the devastation of Mexico's original cultures.

Its chairman, Rick Sarmiento, said that Gibson’s much-publicised outburst earlier this year, had not been taken into account when the group made their decision to recognise the film.

Gibson, who is himself a devout Catholic, said the Mayan civilisation had always been of interest to him and wanted to make a film that raised awareness of their story.

He wants to dismiss the popular myth that history “only began with Europeans”.

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