本片描述墨西哥的马雅族移民与美洲印第安土著开始时互相冲突,后来和平共存,最后共同对抗外侮的传奇故事。In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into conflict with a tribe of Native Americans led by their chief, Black Eagle, while both Balam and Black Eagle fall in love the beautiful Mayan princess Ixchel.