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Yanomamö Short Films
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Filmmaker Name:
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Timothy Asch, Napoleon Chagnon
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Film Length:
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139 min
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Film Year:
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1968-1975
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Duration:
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Over 120 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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These DVDs combine 17 short Yanomamö films in a 2007 re-mastered/authored compilation which contains additional background information about the series.
Disc One contains all previously released titles:
Disc Two collects eight previously unreleased short films from the series. They only exist as what Asch called "slopticals," duplicated workprints with optical tracks that he assembled in order to receive feedback from fellow filmmakers. Although they lack narration or translated subtitles, they show many interesting aspects of social life:
Dedeheiwä Rests in His Garden (6 min)
The warmth of adult-child interaction is shown as children play with the resting Dedeheiwä.
Children Roasting Meat (5 min)
Several children sit and play together. One roasts meat and bananas over a small fire.
A Woman Spins (8 min)
A woman reclines in the shade, spinning while a baby tries to play with her thread.
Children Make a Toy Hammock (7 min)
While running around and playing, a few children work on a smaller version of the hammocks their parents make.
Sand Play (19 min)
Boys and girls aged four to seven sit in a tight circle and play around a sand pile.
Playing in the Rain (8 min)
Children and adults play tug of war in the rain.
Mouth Wrestling (5 min)
Teenagers wrestle over a wad of tobacco.
Young Shaman (10 min)
A young shaman, still an initiate, gets sick and loses control on the hallucinogen ebene.
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