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Yanomamo Collection

Label
Yanomamo Collection
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Yanomamo Collection
Oclc number
1018196718
resource.otherEventInformation
Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 1987
Runtime
485
Summary
Filmmaker Timothy Asch and anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon collaborated to study and film the Yanomamo Indians. The setting for most of these films is the remote village of Mishimishimabowei-teri, a village whose history and inhabitants Chagnon knew well. Several figures in particular are outstanding: Moawa, a village headman and Dedeheiwa, another headman and the leading shaman
Technique
live action
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