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Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Dedeheiwa, 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 Weave a Hammock and Weeding the Garden, reveals the warmth and gentleness typical of many kinds of Yanomamo interactions.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Russian
Description
The documentary follows Yuri Vella, writer and social activist of the Forest Nenets living in West-Siberia. To give his grandchildren proper education in their natural environment and teach them reindeer herding skills, he establishes an elementary school in his winter camp.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
With an all Indian crew, Victor Masayesva visited tribal communities in Arizona, Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota, Washington and the Amazon to produce this film. Masayesva says, "Coming from a village which became embroiled in the filming of Darkwind, a Hollywood production on the Hopi Reservation, I felt a keen responsibility as a community member, not an individual, to address these impositions on our tribal lives.
27) The Feast
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Yanomamo feasts are ceremonial, social, economic, and political events. They are occasions for men to adorn their bodies with paint and feathers, to display their strength in dance and ritualized aggression; for trading partnerships to be established or affirmed; and for the creation or testing of alliances.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This documentary about the early Indians of the Great Basin emphasizes the traditional culture of the last 5,000 years. The story unfolds through the words and skills of the older Piaute women of southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada.
30) Seguir Siendo
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
Description
A portrait of the Mbyá-Guarani people living in Misiones, a subtropical province in Northeast Argentina. The people demonstrate everyday life existing on a geographical as well as a cultural border. The
31) The Akha Way
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
For over a thousand years, the Akha people have inhabited the hills of Asia mainly Southern China, Burma and Northern Thailand. The Akha Way or Akhazaunh, is the code by which they live. This documentary describes their origins and their culture.
35) Rivers of Sand
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The people portrayed in this film are called Hamar. They dwell in the thorny scrubland of southwestern Ethiopia. They are isolated by some distant choice that now limits their movement and defines their condition.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Shot in 1976, but never released, this film is a rare visual document of the Tarahumara - one of the most remote and isolated tribes of the North American continent. Filmed during a gathering at the mission village of Norogachic of northwest Mexico, the nomadic Tarahumara are observed celebrating their special interpretation of the Easter Festival.
38) First Film
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
First Film was edited and narrated by Lorna Marshall and is comprised of footage shot in 1951 on the second Marshall family expedition to the Kalahari Desert. It is intimate in style, very carefully filmed, with a wealth of practical information about the material culture and structure of Ju/'hoan (!Kung Bushmen) hunter-gatherer society.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Close Encounters of No Kind follows the Rabari, camel and sheep herders of Saurastra, India. Their nomadic lifestyle requires them to move herds of sheep and camels across the Saurastrian landscape to seek grazing and water. This practice has been going on for hundreds of years and during that time the Rabari have developed close working relationships with many groups and deeply adverse relations with other groups.
40) Fishers of Dar
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Samaki wa Dar es Salaam/Fishers of Dar is an ethnographic film about the fishermen and women of downtown Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It explores the continuity and integrity of traditional fishing practices in new, contemporary settings.
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