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Celebrating Semana Santa: Change, Conflict, and Continuity in Rural Honduras
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directed by Sam Pack, fl. 1999-2012; produced by Sam Pack, fl. 1999-2012 (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2012), 44 mins
This "superb, thought-provoking" ethnographic documentary explores the vitality and controversies surrounding a remarkable syncretic religious ceremony held in neighboring remote villages in rural Honduras during the Easter Holy Week. The ritual drama enacted in this ceremony resonates with persistent indigenous b...
directed by Sam Pack, fl. 1999-2012; produced by Sam Pack, fl. 1999-2012 (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2012), 44 mins
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Easter in Kandep
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directed by Philip Gibbs, 1947-; produced by Philip Gibbs, 1947- (Privately Published, 2009), 30 mins
EASTER IN KANDEP 2009, 29 minutes - The blending of indigenous beliefs with Catholic Easter services relating to the death and resurrection of Jesus.
directed by Philip Gibbs, 1947-; produced by Philip Gibbs, 1947- (Privately Published, 2009), 30 mins
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Maya, Via Dolorosa (The Sorrowful Way)
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written by Claudine Viallon, 1948- and Georges Payrastre, fl. 1990; directed by Georges Payrastre, fl. 1990 and Claudine Viallon, 1948-, in Maya (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1978), 10 mins
Every year, in the colonial city of Antigua, Guatemala, the "sorrowful way" of Good Friday is recreated by a path of colored sawdust and flower petals. Along this road several hundred people take turns carrying a ponderous mahoganybier. Indians from the surrounding countryside come to observe the spectacle of town...
written by Claudine Viallon, 1948- and Georges Payrastre, fl. 1990; directed by Georges Payrastre, fl. 1990 and Claudine Viallon, 1948-, in Maya (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1978), 10 mins
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Semana Santa in Seville
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written by Mary Flannery; directed by Mary Flannery; produced by Mary Flannery, Yellowcat Productions (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1995), 53 mins
Semana Santa in Seville documents the Spanish city's annual celebration of Holy Week - a tradition that dates back more than five centuries. Lifelike images of Christ and the Virgin, and scenes of the Passion, are carried in procession through the city, escorted by long files of hooded penitents. Throngs of onlook...
written by Mary Flannery; directed by Mary Flannery; produced by Mary Flannery, Yellowcat Productions (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1995), 53 mins
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