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Films
3 Films
Region
“South America”
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Country
“Venezuela”
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Series
“Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
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short films
1
Region
South America
3
x
Country
Venezuela
3
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Keywords
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
1
Death
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Linguistics / Language
1
Memory
1
Public Figure
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Social Change
1
Directors
Henley, Paul
2
Leizaola, Ricardo
1
Series
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
3
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Country of production
United Kingdom
3
Year of production
1996
1
1998
1
2000
1
Colour / Black and white
Film list
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
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
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