Dear Educators: Announcing the release of a new DVD this month from Peru -- YAKU PATSA ("World of Water" in Quechua) by Carlo Brescia. Also recomme
Dear Educators:
Announcing the release of a new DVD this month from Peru --
YAKU PATSA ("World of Water" in Quechua) by Carlo Brescia.
Also recommended below: VOICES THAT HEAL by Delia Ackerman and Heather Greer, about a woman shamanic healer, and SOY ANDINA, the dance/identity film by yours truly.
All licensed for educational/public performance (PPR), subtitled in English and Spanish, and gotten high marks from educators.
More details below. I send announcements about related films 2-3 times a year. I hope these are helpful! (if not, unsubscribe links are below) - Mitch Teplitsky
VOICES THAT HEAL (Esas Voces Que Curan)
"A brilliant work about a master Shamanic healer"
- Dr. Luis Millones, Historian
"Belongs in every Latin-American Studies program"
- Dr. Diana de Armas Wilson, Renaissance Studies, U. of Denver
Delia Ackerman & Heather Greer, 2011, Peru; 45 min
Voices That Heal tells the story of Herlinda Augustin, a renowned Shipibo shaman, healer and medicine woman, and of her struggle to keep her traditions alive while facing the challenges of the modern world. This intimate look into the world of shamanism and asks: What are people without their traditions? What are traditions without their people?
SUBJECT AREAS: Women's Studies • Latin American & Indigenous Studies • Anthropology • Ethnomusicology • Shamanic Studies • Holistic Health • Spanish
Award-winning Quechua film about culture, ritual and water in the Peruvian Andes
Carlo Brescia, 2010, Peru; 34 min.
An exquisite documentary about the culture of the Conchucos Mountains (Ancash, Peru) and its relationships with water. A carpenter recounts how his ancestors called for water during droughts. A mother shows how to make maize beer. An archaeologist narrates an origin myth. A mountaineer describes the effects of global warming on glaciers.
A ritual, a custom, a myth, a reality.
SUBJECT AREAS: Indigenous language and culture • Environmental Studies • Water Education • Anthropology • Social Studies • Latin American Studies • Quechua Language
The award-winning film about Peru, dance and identity. Two dancers in New York return to Peru to reconnect with roots and an astonishing world of dance and culture. Soy Andina was first film about Peru to air on Latino Public Broadcasting's "Voces" TV series, and has shown at hundreds of universities.
SUBJECT AREAS: Latin American Studies • Women's Studies • Dance • Spanish • Anthropology • Folklore • Ethnic Studies