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The Ax Fight
written by Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1975), 30 mins
A fight broke out in Mishimishimabowei-teri on the second day of Chagnon and Asch's stay in this village in 1971. The conflict developed between the villagers of Mishimishimabowei-teri and their visitors from another village. The visitors had formerly been part of Mishimishimabowei-teri, and many still had ties wi...
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written by Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1975), 30 mins
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A fight broke out in Mishimishimabowei-teri on the second day of Chagnon and Asch's stay in this village in 1971. The conflict developed between the villagers of Mishimishimabowei-teri and their visitors from another village. The visitors had formerly been part of Mishimishimabowei-teri, and many still had ties with members of that village. A fight broke out in Mishimishimabowei-teri on the second day of Chagnon and Asch's stay in this village in...
A fight broke out in Mishimishimabowei-teri on the second day of Chagnon and Asch's stay in this village in 1971. The conflict developed between the villagers of Mishimishimabowei-teri and their visitors from another village. The visitors had formerly been part of Mishimishimabowei-teri, and many still had ties with members of that village. A fight broke out in Mishimishimabowei-teri on the second day of Chagnon and Asch's stay in this village in 1971. The conflict developed between the villagers of Mishimishimabowei-teri and their visitors from another village. The visitors had formerly been part of Mishimishimabowei-teri, and many still had ties with members of that village. They refused to work in their hosts' gardens, yet they demanded to be fed. The event lasted about half an hour, ten minutes of which were filmed. The film is constructed of four parts. The first consists of an unedited version of what the cameraman saw and the sound technician recorded. The apparent chaos of these first ten minutes is clarified in the second section, in which Chagnon explains the sequence of actions, the relationships between the actors, and how the filmmakers' interpretation of the events became coherent. The third section diagrams the lineages in the villages involved to illustrate the fight's relationship to long-standing patterns of conflict and alliance within the village. Finally, in an edited version of the fight, we see how the editors' hands shape the "reality" we view. The Ax Fight thus operates on several levels. It plunges the viewer into the problems of Yanomamo kinship, alliance, and village fission; of violence and conflict resolution. At the same time it raises questions about how anthropologists and filmmakers translate their experience into meaningful words and coherent, moving images.
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Date Written / Recorded
1971-02-28
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, Craig Johnson
Author / Creator
Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, Timothy Asch, 1932-1994
Date Published / Released
1975
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-
Topic / Theme
Yanomamö, Politics, Negotiation in government, Kin relationships, Violence, Cultural identity, Rural population, Tribal and national groups, Indigenous peoples, Ethnography, Yanomámi
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A Celebration of Origins
written by Patsy Asch, Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and E. Douglas Lewis, 1947-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, E. Douglas Lewis, 1947- and Patsy Asch; produced by E. Douglas Lewis, 1947-, Patsy Asch and Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1992), 45 mins
The people of the Tana 'Ai region of Flores, Indonesia live in seven ceremonial domains, of which Wai Brama is the largest and the oldest. The people of Wai Brama are shifting cultivators, hunters and gatherers who, unlike their neighbors, have maintained their traditional ceremonial and social system. A Celebrati...
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written by Patsy Asch, Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and E. Douglas Lewis, 1947-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, E. Douglas Lewis, 1947- and Patsy Asch; produced by E. Douglas Lewis, 1947-, Patsy Asch and Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1992), 45 mins
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The people of the Tana 'Ai region of Flores, Indonesia live in seven ceremonial domains, of which Wai Brama is the largest and the oldest. The people of Wai Brama are shifting cultivators, hunters and gatherers who, unlike their neighbors, have maintained their traditional ceremonial and social system. A Celebration of Origins, filmed in 1980, depicts the first celebration of these rituals since 1960. The people of the Tana 'Ai region of Flores,...
The people of the Tana 'Ai region of Flores, Indonesia live in seven ceremonial domains, of which Wai Brama is the largest and the oldest. The people of Wai Brama are shifting cultivators, hunters and gatherers who, unlike their neighbors, have maintained their traditional ceremonial and social system. A Celebration of Origins, filmed in 1980, depicts the first celebration of these rituals since 1960. The people of the Tana 'Ai region of Flores, Indonesia live in seven ceremonial domains, of which Wai Brama is the largest and the oldest. The people of Wai Brama are shifting cultivators, hunters and gatherers who, unlike their neighbors, have maintained their traditional ceremonial and social system. A Celebration of Origins, filmed in 1980, depicts the first celebration of these rituals since 1960. The rituals, which require the participation of the entire community, had been delayed by poor harvests and epidemics. The film focuses on a small group of ritual leaders who struggle to hold the celebration in the absence of the Source of the Domain, the ritual leader of the community, who died after initiating the rituals. Evoking the contested nature of ritual, the film demonstrates how ritual performance implicates delicate political relationships based on pragmatic alliances, festering antipathies or developing jealousies. Conflict is the thread that weaves together the disparate themes of the film. It is a finely crafted, sensually striking film with a compelling story that focuses on one of the central themes in contemporary anthropological debate: the contested nature of social - and ritual - life.
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Date Written / Recorded
1980
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Patsy Asch, Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, E. Douglas Lewis, 1947-, Koa Tapa, Pius Ipir Wai Brama, Sina Ipir Wai Brama
Author / Creator
Patsy Asch, Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, E. Douglas Lewis, 1947-
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Ata Tana 'Ai, Religion, Cultural identity, Tribal and national groups, Cultural change and history, Religious rites and ceremonies, Ethnography, Tana 'Ai
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Sons of Haji Omar
written by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Patsy Asch and Asen Balikci, 1929-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Patsy Asch and Asen Balikci, 1929-; produced by Smithsonian Institution and National Film Board of Canada (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1978), 58 mins
Haji Omar and his three sons belong to the Lakankhel, a Pashtoon tribal group in northeastern Afghanistan. The film focuses on his family: Haji Omar, the patriarch; Anwar, the eldest, his father's favorite, a pastoralist and expert horseman; Jannat Gul, cultivator and ambitious rebel; and Ismail, the youngest, att...
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written by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Patsy Asch and Asen Balikci, 1929-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Patsy Asch and Asen Balikci, 1929-; produced by Smithsonian Institution and National Film Board of Canada (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1978), 58 mins
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Haji Omar and his three sons belong to the Lakankhel, a Pashtoon tribal group in northeastern Afghanistan. The film focuses on his family: Haji Omar, the patriarch; Anwar, the eldest, his father's favorite, a pastoralist and expert horseman; Jannat Gul, cultivator and ambitious rebel; and Ismail, the youngest, attending school with a view to a job as a government official. Haji Omar and his three sons belong to the Lakankhel, a Pashtoon tribal gr...
Haji Omar and his three sons belong to the Lakankhel, a Pashtoon tribal group in northeastern Afghanistan. The film focuses on his family: Haji Omar, the patriarch; Anwar, the eldest, his father's favorite, a pastoralist and expert horseman; Jannat Gul, cultivator and ambitious rebel; and Ismail, the youngest, attending school with a view to a job as a government official. Haji Omar and his three sons belong to the Lakankhel, a Pashtoon tribal group in northeastern Afghanistan. The film focuses on his family: Haji Omar, the patriarch; Anwar, the eldest, his father's favorite, a pastoralist and expert horseman; Jannat Gul, cultivator and ambitious rebel; and Ismail, the youngest, attending school with a view to a job as a government official. Filmed over a period of twelve months, it is a record of life at the spring lambing camp, the activities at Narim Bazaar, where the caravan stocks up for the long trek, and the slow ascent to the summer grazing grounds. The spring camp is not far from the provincial center, Baghlan. In May and June they move to mountain pastures in the Hindu Kush. Haji Omar's family home is near the small market town of Narin, sequences show life in the bazaar, classes in the high school and dealings with government officials. The film ends with the fierce Buskashi games, when the nomads are back in their winter home. In concentrating on relations within one family, and through appropriate use of interviews and conversations, the film manages to draw sharp, colorful portraits of the protagonists and their problems. The film is an authentic, evocative and beautiful account of a little known region and way of life.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Patsy Asch, Asen Balikci, 1929-, Jannat Gul, fl. 1978, Ismail, fl. 1978, Haji Omar, fl. 1978, Anwar, fl. 1978, Smithsonian Institution, National Film Board of Canada, Gordon Courtnay
Author / Creator
Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Patsy Asch, Asen Balikci, 1929-
Date Published / Released
1978
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Gordon Courtnay
Person Discussed
Haji Omar, fl. 1978
Topic / Theme
Pashtun, Games, Cultural identity, Cultural change and history, Family, Tribal and national groups, Herders, Indigenous ethnic groups, Ethnography, Pashto
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Spear and Sword: a Ceremonial Payment of Bridewealth
written by Dr. James J. Fox, Patsy Asch and Timothy Asch, 1932-1994; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Patsy Asch and Dr. James J. Fox (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1989), 23 mins
This traditionally ethnographic sequence film focuses on the negotiations betwen representatives of two families during a payment of bridewealth. In the past the husband's group would carry a spear and a sword to hang in the wife's house. Now, a payment is made as a substitute for the spear and sword.
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written by Dr. James J. Fox, Patsy Asch and Timothy Asch, 1932-1994; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Patsy Asch and Dr. James J. Fox (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1989), 23 mins
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This traditionally ethnographic sequence film focuses on the negotiations betwen representatives of two families during a payment of bridewealth. In the past the husband's group would carry a spear and a sword to hang in the wife's house. Now, a payment is made as a substitute for the spear and sword. This traditionally ethnographic sequence film focuses on the negotiations betwen representatives of two families during a payment of bridewealth. T...
This traditionally ethnographic sequence film focuses on the negotiations betwen representatives of two families during a payment of bridewealth. In the past the husband's group would carry a spear and a sword to hang in the wife's house. Now, a payment is made as a substitute for the spear and sword. This traditionally ethnographic sequence film focuses on the negotiations betwen representatives of two families during a payment of bridewealth. The payment of bridewealth is a long and complex ceremony in which representatives from the husband and wife's family engage in a heated negotiation process. The bride and groom are completely excluded from the negotiations and never appear in the film. The film begins with an excerpt from a traditional chant about the origin of bridewealth. We then see the bride's representative’s collecting the required money and animals while discussing problems that might arise in negotiations. In ritual silence, the men and women chosen to represent the groom walk three kilometers to the bride's family home. The bulk of the film centers around the transfer of money and animals. At times the conversation seems to follow prescribed forms and at times seems to be a free arena for participants to express humor and to manipulate one another. Politics, ritual and personality intermingle. The men conduct the negotiations while the women observe ritual silence or speak in whispers. Food is served to mark the end of the negotiations and palm gin is served. The tensions of the day subside and film ends when a renowned ritual chanter is asked to recount the history of the first payment of bridewealth. The material of this film is perfect for courses covering marriage traditions and rituals as well as the role of men and women in rural Eastern Indonesia.
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Date Written / Recorded
1977
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field recording (edited)
Contributor
Dr. James J. Fox, Patsy Asch, Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Petrus Malesi, Mias Kiuk
Author / Creator
Dr. James J. Fox, Patsy Asch, Timothy Asch, 1932-1994
Date Published / Released
1989
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Rotinese, Religious rites and ceremonies, Negotiation in government, Rural population, Tribal and national groups, Myths and legends, Endogamy, Ethnography
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Yanomamo Shorts, A Father Washes His Children
written by Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, in Yanomamo Shorts (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 13 mins
Yanomamo Shorts Disk 1 and 2 combine 17 short Yanomamo films.
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written by Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, in Yanomamo Shorts (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 13 mins
Description
Yanomamo Shorts Disk 1 and 2 combine 17 short Yanomamo films. Disc One contains all previously released titles: Arrow Game Children's Magical Death Tug-of-War A Father Washes His Children A Man and His Wife Weave a Hammock Weeding the Garden Climbing the Peach Palm Firewood Tapir Distribution
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field recording (edited)
Contributor
Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, Dedeheiwä
Author / Creator
Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, Timothy Asch, 1932-1994
Date Published / Released
1968, 2007
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Yanomamo Shorts
Speaker / Narrator
Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-
Topic / Theme
Yanomamö, Tribal and national groups, Children's play, Domestic chores, Daily life, Family, Ethnography, Yanomámi
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Yanomamo Shorts, A Man and His Wife Weave a Hammock (Shortened Version)
written by Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, in Yanomamo Shorts (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 8 mins
Yanomamo Shorts Disk 1 and 2 combine 17 short Yanomamo films.
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written by Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, in Yanomamo Shorts (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 8 mins
Description
Yanomamo Shorts Disk 1 and 2 combine 17 short Yanomamo films. Disc One contains all previously released titles: Arrow Game Children's Magical Death Tug-of-War A Father Washes His Children A Man and His Wife Weave a Hammock Weeding the Garden Climbing the Peach Palm Firewood Tapir Distribution
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field recording (edited)
Contributor
Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, Dedeheiwä
Author / Creator
Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, Timothy Asch, 1932-1994
Date Published / Released
1968, 2007
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Yanomamo Shorts
Speaker / Narrator
Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-
Topic / Theme
Yanomamö, Tribal and national groups, Children's play, Domestic chores, Daily life, Family, Ethnography, Yanomámi
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Yanomamo Shorts, A Woman Spins
written by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, in Yanomamo Shorts (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 6 mins
Yanomamo Shorts Disk 1 and 2 combine 17 short Yanomamo films.
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written by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, in Yanomamo Shorts (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 6 mins
Description
Yanomamo Shorts Disk 1 and 2 combine 17 short Yanomamo films. Disc Two collects eight previously unreleased short films from the series. They only exist as what Asch called "slopticals," duplicated workprints with optical tracks that he assembled in order to receive feedback from fellow filmmakers. Although they lack narration or translated subtitles, they show many interesting aspects of social life: Dedeheiwa Rests in His Garden — The warmth...
Yanomamo Shorts Disk 1 and 2 combine 17 short Yanomamo films. Disc Two collects eight previously unreleased short films from the series. They only exist as what Asch called "slopticals," duplicated workprints with optical tracks that he assembled in order to receive feedback from fellow filmmakers. Although they lack narration or translated subtitles, they show many interesting aspects of social life: Dedeheiwa Rests in His Garden — The warmth of adult-child interaction is shown as children play with the resting Dedeheiwa. (6 min) Children Roasting Meat — Several children sit and play together. One roasts meat and bananas over a small fire. (5 min) A Woman Spins — A woman reclines in the shade, spinning while a baby tries to play with her thread. (8 min) Children Make a Toy Hammock — While running around and playing, a few children work on a smaller version of the hammocks their parents make. (7 min) Sand Play — Boys and girls aged four to seven sit in a tight circle and play around a sand pile. (19 min) Playing in the Rain — Children and adults play tug of war in the rain. (8 min) Mouth Wrestling — Teenagers wrestle over a wad of tobacco. (5 min) Young Shaman — A young shaman, still an initiate, gets sick and loses control on the hallucinogen ebene. (10 min) This is a 2007 re-mastered/authored compilation and contains additional information about the series.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field recording (edited)
Contributor
Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-
Author / Creator
Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-
Date Published / Released
1968, 2007
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Yanomamo Shorts
Topic / Theme
Yanomamö, Daily life, Rural population, Family, Parent-child relations, Tribal and national groups, Spinning, Ethnography, Yanomámi
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Yanomamo Shorts, Arrow Game
written by Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, in Yanomamo Shorts (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 7 mins
Yanomamo Shorts Disk 1 and 2 combine 17 short Yanomamo films.
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written by Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, in Yanomamo Shorts (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 7 mins
Description
Yanomamo Shorts Disk 1 and 2 combine 17 short Yanomamo films. Disc One contains all previously released titles: Arrow Game Children's Magical Death Tug-of-War A Father Washes His Children A Man and His Wife Weave a Hammock Weeding the Garden Climbing the Peach Palm Firewood Tapir Distribution
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field recording (edited)
Contributor
Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, Dedeheiwä
Author / Creator
Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, Timothy Asch, 1932-1994
Date Published / Released
1968, 2007
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Yanomamo Shorts
Speaker / Narrator
Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-
Topic / Theme
Yanomamö, Tribal and national groups, Children's play, Domestic chores, Daily life, Family, Ethnography, Yanomámi
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Yanomamo Shorts, Children Make a Toy Hammock
written by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, in Yanomamo Shorts (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 6 mins
Yanomamo Shorts Disk 1 and 2 combine 17 short Yanomamo films.
Sample
written by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, in Yanomamo Shorts (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 6 mins
Description
Yanomamo Shorts Disk 1 and 2 combine 17 short Yanomamo films. Disc Two collects eight previously unreleased short films from the series. They only exist as what Asch called "slopticals," duplicated workprints with optical tracks that he assembled in order to receive feedback from fellow filmmakers. Although they lack narration or translated subtitles, they show many interesting aspects of social life: Dedeheiwa Rests in His Garden — The warmth...
Yanomamo Shorts Disk 1 and 2 combine 17 short Yanomamo films. Disc Two collects eight previously unreleased short films from the series. They only exist as what Asch called "slopticals," duplicated workprints with optical tracks that he assembled in order to receive feedback from fellow filmmakers. Although they lack narration or translated subtitles, they show many interesting aspects of social life: Dedeheiwa Rests in His Garden — The warmth of adult-child interaction is shown as children play with the resting Dedeheiwa. (6 min) Children Roasting Meat — Several children sit and play together. One roasts meat and bananas over a small fire. (5 min) A Woman Spins — A woman reclines in the shade, spinning while a baby tries to play with her thread. (8 min) Children Make a Toy Hammock — While running around and playing, a few children work on a smaller version of the hammocks their parents make. (7 min) Sand Play — Boys and girls aged four to seven sit in a tight circle and play around a sand pile. (19 min) Playing in the Rain — Children and adults play tug of war in the rain. (8 min) Mouth Wrestling — Teenagers wrestle over a wad of tobacco. (5 min) Young Shaman — A young shaman, still an initiate, gets sick and loses control on the hallucinogen ebene. (10 min) This is a 2007 re-mastered/authored compilation and contains additional information about the series.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field recording (edited)
Contributor
Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-
Author / Creator
Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-
Date Published / Released
1968, 2007
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Yanomamo Shorts
Topic / Theme
Yanomamö, Daily life, Rural population, Family, Children's play, Tribal and national groups, Ethnography, Yanomámi
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Yanomamo Shorts, Children Roasting Meat
written by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, in Yanomamo Shorts (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 5 mins
Yanomamo Shorts Disk 1 and 2 combine 17 short Yanomamo films.
Sample
written by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, in Yanomamo Shorts (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 5 mins
Description
Yanomamo Shorts Disk 1 and 2 combine 17 short Yanomamo films. Disc Two collects eight previously unreleased short films from the series. They only exist as what Asch called "slopticals," duplicated workprints with optical tracks that he assembled in order to receive feedback from fellow filmmakers. Although they lack narration or translated subtitles, they show many interesting aspects of social life: Dedeheiwa Rests in His Garden — The warmth...
Yanomamo Shorts Disk 1 and 2 combine 17 short Yanomamo films. Disc Two collects eight previously unreleased short films from the series. They only exist as what Asch called "slopticals," duplicated workprints with optical tracks that he assembled in order to receive feedback from fellow filmmakers. Although they lack narration or translated subtitles, they show many interesting aspects of social life: Dedeheiwa Rests in His Garden — The warmth of adult-child interaction is shown as children play with the resting Dedeheiwa. (6 min) Children Roasting Meat — Several children sit and play together. One roasts meat and bananas over a small fire. (5 min) A Woman Spins — A woman reclines in the shade, spinning while a baby tries to play with her thread. (8 min) Children Make a Toy Hammock — While running around and playing, a few children work on a smaller version of the hammocks their parents make. (7 min) Sand Play — Boys and girls aged four to seven sit in a tight circle and play around a sand pile. (19 min) Playing in the Rain — Children and adults play tug of war in the rain. (8 min) Mouth Wrestling — Teenagers wrestle over a wad of tobacco. (5 min) Young Shaman — A young shaman, still an initiate, gets sick and loses control on the hallucinogen ebene. (10 min) This is a 2007 re-mastered/authored compilation and contains additional information about the series.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field recording (edited)
Contributor
Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-
Author / Creator
Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-
Date Published / Released
1968, 2007
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Yanomamo Shorts
Topic / Theme
Yanomamö, Daily life, Rural population, Family, Children's play, Tribal and national groups, Ethnography, Yanomámi
Copyright Message
© Documentary Educational Resources
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