Interest in the Mayan calendar and prophecies of 2012 is exploding, with best-selling books, coverage in the New York Times Magazine, USA Today and Publishers Weekly, and a mainstream film entitled 2012 set for theatrical release in July 2009. This documentary presents a balanced look at the 2012 phenomenon. Experts like Daniel Pinchbeck, John Major Jenkins, Graham Hancock, John Anthony West, Robert Bauval and Douglas Rushkoff speak from varying and sometimes conflicting perspectives. Animated sequences illustrate complicated concepts such as the phenomenon of precession.