Film list

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Cinema Pedregal 1994 27'
    Directed by Ricardo Leizaola .
For forty years Alejandro Farfán has been making and showing films in El Pedregal. Now located in the heart of Caracas, this community was a small village when Alejandro first went to the cinema.
Central America Popular Culture Urban Film / Photography / Mass media Memory
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The Legacy of Antonio Lorenzano 2000 46'
    Directed by Paul Henley .
Antonio Lorenzano was an acclaimed musician, shamanic healer and craftsman, and the leader of the Warao community of Morichito on the Winikina River, in the lower Orinoco Delta, Venezuela. The film
South America Death Public Figure Informant-researcher relationship Social Change Memory
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Message from a Saint 2003 27'
    Directed by Andrew Tucker .
During the celebration of the Feast of San Juan Bautista in the village of Chuao, on the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, an image of Jesus appeared on a drinks tray. The community is trying to find out
South America Religion / Belief / Faith
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Uncle Poison 1998 60'
  Directed by Ricardo Leizaola .
Filmed in the city of Caracas, capital of Venezuela, Uncle Poison is an intimate portrait of a traditional faith healer, set against the backdrop of his community’s Easter celebrations. Every day,
South America Health / Health care / Healing Religion / Belief / Faith Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
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Writing Panare - Portrait of a Linguist on Fieldwork 1996 30'
  Directed by Paul Henley .
Marie-Claude Muller is a linguist who has worked for many years with the Panare, an Amerindian people of Venezuelan Amazonia. She has now been commissioned by the government literacy programme to
South America Linguistics / Language Education / Knowledge Transmission