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Potato Planters

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Potato Planters

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Filmmaker Name: Hubert Smith, Neil Reichline
Film Length: 17 min
Film Year: 1974
Duration: 0-20 min
Decade: 1970s
Series: Bolivia series
Collection: Faces of Change collection
Secondary Creator: produced by Norman Miller
Color: color
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An Aymara family plants potatoes, prepares and eats a meal, and discusses the religious and astronomical forces that control their destiny. The stark routine of this typical planting day contrasts with the complexity of their beliefs.

Films in the Bolivia series

Faces of Change is comprised of 25 films that examine five cultures selected for their distinct geographic locations: starting with the China Coast at sea level and moving up to Taiwan, then to AfghanistanKenya and finally to the mountains of Bolivia. Each location is examined through five themes: Rural Society, Education, Rural Economy, Women, and Beliefs. 

This innovative collection of 16mm films and videos was funded by the National Science Foundation, produced by Norman Miller and directed by some of the finest ethnographic filmmakers of its time.

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