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Films
found one film
Country
“Venezuela”
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Keywords
“Public Figure”
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Directors
“Henley, Paul”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
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Region
South America
1
Country
Venezuela
1
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Keywords
Death
1
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Memory
1
Public Figure
1
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Social Change
1
Directors
Henley, Paul
1
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Series
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
1
Country of production
United Kingdom
1
Year of production
2000
1
Colour / Black and white
Film
The Legacy of Antonio Lorenzano
2000
46
‘
Directed by
Paul Henley
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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 follows anthropologist Dieter Heinen, who knew Lorenzano well, as he returns to Winikina, some six months after Lorenzano’s death in November 1996 to pay his respect to his relatives. From the testimonies of his children, grandchildren and others who knew him, it becomes clear that even post-mortem, Lorenzano’s view about the proper conduct of Warao cultural practices carry great weight. However the cultural tradition that Lorenzano represented was a hybrid, a fusion of the old with new ideas and practices which he introduced from outside his community.
South America
Death
Public Figure
Informant-researcher relationship
Social Change
Memory