Copyright 2026, Documentary Educational Resources https://store.der.org/norelli-gianfranco-c507all.aspx Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:03:23 GMT 60 Nexternal RSS 2.0 en-us https://store.der.org/the-sunrise-dance-p462.aspx Product462 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 07:47:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/the-sunrise-dance-p462.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/sunrise-dance.jpg" alt="The Sunrise Dance" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/the-sunrise-dance-p462.aspx">The Sunrise Dance</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/the-sunrise-dance-p462.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$295.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div><i>The Sunrise Ceremony</i> documents an ancient, sacred ritual which marks the passage from adolescence to adulthood for young Apache women, now under the threat of disappearance due to the pressures of cultural assimilation.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>The documentary focuses on the Sunrise Ceremony of 13-year-old Maureen Nachu, a member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe, who lives on the Fort Apache Reservation in Whiteriver, Arizona. Viewers see the elaborate preparations for the ceremony, including the rituals of the Medicine Man who presides over the dance, spiritual purification rites in the Sweat Lodge, and the midnight appearance of the Crown Dancers.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Sunrise Dance itself is a tremendous physical test, lasting four days. It proves that Maureen has the courage and strength of character to take her place in adult society, as he dance is the strongest commitment a young Apache girl can make to her family and tradition. For Maureen, her family, and her community, the ceremony is a reaffirmation of tribal identity and a celebration of the central role of women in Apache culture.</div><div><br /></div><div><hr><b>SELECTED SCREENINGS & AWARDS</b></div><div><div>Margaret Mead Festival, 1994</div><div>Festival <g class="gr_ gr_966 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling" id="966" data-gr-id="966">dei</g> Popoli, Florence, Italy, 1994</div></div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/norelli-gianfranco-c507all.aspx">Norelli, Gianfranco</a> to see additional products in this category.</div> https://store.der.org/apu-condor-p153.aspx Product153 Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:31:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/apu-condor-p153.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/apu-condor.jpg" alt="Apu Condor" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/apu-condor-p153.aspx">Apu Condor</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/apu-condor-p153.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$295.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div>A unique and highly visual documentary that provides a detailed observation of the sacred Peruvian "Yawar Fiesta of the Apu Condor". The Fiesta takes place high in the Peruvian Andes in the tiny village of Cotabambas, an impoverished farming community where all the contradictions that characterize Peru's splintered culture and economy are thrown into relief. Five hundred years after the arrival of Columbus and the Spanish Conquistadores, the indigenous Andinos, descendants of the Incas still live under the feudal control of their Mestizo Landowners, the mixed blood descendants of the Spanish.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>The themes of social stratification, ritual reversal and political relationships are an integral aspect of this film which culminates in a dramatic adaptation of the classic Spanish bullfight.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>SELECTED SCREENINGS &amp; AWARDS</b></div><div><div>Latin American Studies Association Film selection, 1994</div><div>NAFA 15th International Film Conference, Sweden, 1994</div><div>Gottingen International Ethnographic Film Festival, (IWF), Germany, 1994</div><div>Society for Visual Anthropology Film Festival, 1994</div><div><br /></div></div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/norelli-gianfranco-c507all.aspx">Norelli, Gianfranco</a> to see additional products in this category.</div>