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A Father Washes His Children
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Filmmaker Name:
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Timothy Asch, Napoleon Chagnon
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Film Length:
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15 min
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Film Year:
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1974
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Duration:
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0-20 min
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Decade:
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1970s
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Series:
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Yanomamö series
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Color:
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color
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Region:
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South America
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Subject:
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Social and Cultural Life
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Dedeheiwä, a shaman and headman in his village, takes nine of his children and grandchildren to the river where he washes them carefully and patiently. This film, like A Man and His Wife Make a Hammock and Weeding the Garden, reveals the warmth and gentleness typical of Yanomamö domestic life and interactions.
A Father Washes His Children was restored by DER with funding from the National Film Preservation Foundation.
This film is included on the Yanomamö Shorts compilation DVD. This two-disc set includes the following remastered titles on Disc One: Arrow Game, Children's Magical Death, Climbing the Peach Palm, A Father Washes His Children, A Man and His Wife Make a Hammock and Weeding the Garden. Also included on Disc One: Firewood, Tapir Distribution and Tug-of-War. Disc Two includes: Dedeheiwä
Rests in His Garden, Children Roasting Meat, A Woman Spins, Children
Make a Toy Hammock, Sand Play, Playing in the Rain, Mouth Wrestling, and Young Shaman.
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