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2000 / 46 minutes

Directed by
Paul Henley
Anthropologist
Country of production
United Kingdom
Series
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film

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.

Language and subtitles
English, Spanish and Warao with English Subtitles
Region
South America
Country
Venezuela
Keywords
Death Public Figure Informant-researcher relationship Social Change Memory