Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods (2008)

Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods, explores the 3,000 year-old history of this divine substance through ritual and obsession. From Mayan kings who were buried with, to urban professionals who bathe in it, the film begins in ancient Mesoamerica and journeys throughout time to Europe's finest chocolate houses where chocolate is still revered as one of mankind's highest expressions of decadence and sensuality. This film features discoveries by several prominent Mayan archeologists that substantiate the sacred role of chocolate in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. It captures for the first time an ancient, secret method of processing cacao beans still used by women in rural Oaxaca. Additional archeological and anthropological revelations give the viewer a whole new perspective on chocolate.