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4-Butte-1: A Lesson
in Archaeology The excavation of a Maidu Indian village in California's Sacramento Valley reveals how archaeologists study the relationship between human artifacts and history. |
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Archaeology: Questioning
the Past This video is designed to be shown to students in introductory archaeology classes. |
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Bear's Hiding Place:
Ishi's Last Refuge This documentary journey into the past follows a contemporary archaeological expedition to the remote sunken gardens of Deer Creek Canyon near Mount Lassen in northern California. This is the second attempt by the team to find and confirm the location of Wowunupo'mu Tetna, or Bear's Hiding Place, the last refuge of the Yahi and of Ishi before his dramatic appearance in 1911. |
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Blades and Pressure
Flaking International experts demonstrate how stone blades and tools were made in prehistoric times. |
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Discovering the Moche
Acclaimed introduction to the art and culture of the Moche, a pre-Incan civilization that flourished between 100 B.C. and A.D. 700 in the arid river valleys of Peru's northern coastal plain. |
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Early Stone Tools
Demonstrates percussion-flaking techniques used by early humans and their predecessors to make a variety of tools. |
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Excavations at La
Venta Classic study of the historic excavation in 1955 of the Olmec site at La Venta in Tabasco, Mexico, which helped prove that high civilization in Mesoamerica made its earliest appearance in the lowland Gulf Coast region. |
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The Five Suns: A Sacred
History of Mexico This new "artistic and intellectual triumph" is by Patricia Amlin, the extraordinary animator who created our widely honored film, Popol Vuh: The Creation Myth of the Maya. This, her newer film, employs authentic pre-Columbian Aztec iconography to depict the most important creation myths and sacred stories of the Aztecs and other Nahuatl-speaking peoples of ancient central Mexico. |
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John Collier: A Visual
Journey This acclaimed documentary provides an intimate portrait of the life, the stunning photographic work, and the unique humanitarian insights of one of this century's greatest teachers. |
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The Maya Pompeii About 1,400 years ago, a sudden volcanic eruption buried a Maya agricultural village, sealing off intact what has become one of the most important discoveries in the Americas. |
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Popol Vuh: The Creation
Myth of the Maya This much-honored animated film employs authentic imagery from ancient Maya ceramics to create a riveting depiction of the Popol Vuh, the Maya creation myth and the foundation of most Native American religious, philosophical, and ethical beliefs. See also The Five Suns (above). |
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Primitive Process
Pottery Master potter Wayne Brian demonstrates how ceramic pottery was made by ancient peoples, especially those in the American Southwest. |
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Privy To
the Past This detailed and engaging documentary provides an outstanding introduction to the goals and methodologies of historical and urban archaeology. |
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Science or Sacrilege:
Native Americans, Archaeology and the Law Well into the 20th century, Native American physical remains were frequently harvested like trophies, and ritual objects and artwork often reached museums under questionable circumstances. |
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Set in Stone Stonehenge is one of the world's most famous cultural icons as well as one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe. |
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Taypi Kala: Six
Visions of Tiwanaku This highly original documentary follows five distinct cultural groups -- tourists, U.S. archaeologists, urban Bolivian university students, a local Aymara family, and indigenous Aymara priests -- who converge today at the monumental site of the ancient city of Tiwanaku, Bolivia. |
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Watunna This stunning and universally acclaimed animated film depicts five stories from the creation myths of the Yekuana Indians who inhabit the Venezuelan rainforest. |
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Who Owns
the Past? This outstanding documentary relates the powerful history of the American Indian struggle for control of their ancestral remains. |
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4-Butte-1: A Lesson in Archaeology |
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| The excavation of a Maidu Indian village in California's Sacramento Valley reveals
how archaeologists study the relationship between human artifacts and history. By
Clyde B. Smith and Tony Gorsline. 33 min. Color 1968 Catalog #37232 Sale: video $150, Rental: $50 |
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 CINE Golden Eagle Award Columbus Film Festival Award Chicago Film Festival Award |
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Archaeology: Questioning the Past |
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This title is no longer distributed by UC Extension. For distribution information, contact: Marin Community College Media Services This video is designed to be shown to students in introductory archaeology classes.
It begins in the classroom with a review of the preparation that students need before
they go out on a dig. It includes two sequences of digging, one at an ancient Indian
site in northern California and the other at an Anasazi pueblo site near Mesa Verde
National Park in Colorado. Scenes shift among the classroom, the field, and the laboratory,
illustrating the full range of archaeological inquiry. Produced by Prof. Betty Goerke,
College of Marin, Kentfield, Calif. |
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For a first-rate introduction to archaeology, there are few programs that can match this one. -- Peter Allen, Prof. of Anthropology, Rhode Island College, in Archaeology Magazine American Anthropological Assn. honoree First Archaeological Congress honoree Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges honoree |
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Bear's Hiding Place: Ishi's Last Refuge |
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| This documentary journey into the past follows a contemporary archaeological expedition
to the remote sunken gardens of Deer Creek Canyon near Mount Lassen in northern California.
This is the second attempt by the team to find and confirm the location of Wowunupo'mu
Tetna, or Bear's Hiding Place, the last refuge of the Yahi and of Ishi before
his dramatic appearance in 1911. The archaeological team is attempting to understand how Ishi and the few surviving Yahi adapted to the invasion of their homeland by non-Indians, which began with the Gold Rush of 1849. How had they survived as a small band, following the extermination of almost all their people? Other than concealment, what did this thicket of poison oak and bay trees, perched on the side of a steep cliff covered with talus slopes, offer to sustain the remaining Yahi? How long did the Yahi hide here? The answers to these and other compelling questions are revealed in the course of the expedition's difficult and dangerous journey. Produced by Jed Riffe. 17 min. Color 1998 Catalog #38433 Sale: video $125, Rental: video $50 |
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 Fills a major gap in the information available to all those who will never have the opportunity to visit the site. However, the great thing about this film is that it demonstrates to students that archaeology is both important and fun. Important because it helps us answer important questions about the past, and fun because it involves fascinating people, procedures, and puzzles. Looking at some of the scenes in the video makes it clear why the few surviving Yahi were able to survive into the 20th century. This is an excellent portrayal of the location and its importance to the Yahi and to anthropology. It will be of interest to a wide variety of classes in anthropology, archaeology, and Native American studies. -- Jerald Jay Johnson, Chair, Dept. of Anthropology, Calif. State Univ., Sacramento It is refreshing to see a documentary that acknowledges how Indian peoples creatively used elements of non-Indian culture to survive, rather than trying to set them in a pristine traditional Indian culture. When you look at the material culture inventory left by the Yahi at Bear's Hiding Place, it is clear that they made new uses of new technologies. The documentary shows Indian people being creative and adaptive and surviving. -- Sherrie Smith-Ferri (Dry Creek Pomo), Ph.D., Director, Grace Hudson Museum |
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Blades and Pressure Flaking |
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| International experts demonstrate how stone blades and tools were made in prehistoric
times. This classic study illustrates both percussion and pressure-flaking techniques,
and relates the development of stone tool technology to the development of human
culture. With FranÁois Bordes and Don Crabtree. By Clyde B. Smith. 21 min. Color 1969 Catalog #37223 Sale: video $150, Rental: $50 |
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American Film Festival Blue Ribbon American Anthropological Assn. honoree |
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Discovering the Moche |
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This title is no longer distributed by UC Extension. For distribution information, contact: Christopher Donnan – UCLA Anthropology Dept 25 min. Color 1979 Catalog #37123 Sale: video $150, Rental: $50 |
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Undoubtedly the best archaeological film on Peru... for all audience levels. -- Choice CINE Golden Eagle Award American Film Festival Award American Anthropological Assn. honoree |
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Early Stone Tools |
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| Demonstrates percussion-flaking techniques used by early humans and their predecessors
to make a variety of tools. These range from simple pebble choppers and hand axes
to more sophisticated Neanderthal scrapers, points, and other tools. Shows actual
prehistoric tools and explains their relationship to human evolution. Features Francois
Bordes. By Clyde B. Smith. 20 min. Color 1967 Catalog #37227 Sale: video $150, Rental: $50 |
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Chicago Intl. Film Festival Award Columbus Film Festival Award Edinburgh Film Festival Award |
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Excavations at La Venta |
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| Classic study of the historic excavation in 1955 of the Olmec site at La Venta in
Tabasco, Mexico, which helped prove that high civilization in Mesoamerica made its
earliest appearance in the lowland Gulf Coast region. Produced with Prof. Robert
Heizer, UC Berkeley. 29 min. Color 1963 Catalog #37228 Sale: video $150, Rental: $50 |
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The Five Suns: A Sacred History of Mexico |
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| This new "artistic and intellectual triumph" is by Patricia Amlin, the
extraordinary animator who created our widely honored and best-selling film, Popol
Vuh: The Creation Myth of the Maya. Just as the Popol Vuh took authentic
images from ancient Maya ceramics and turned them into a riveting retelling of the
Maya creation myth, so The Five Suns employs authentic pre-Columbian Aztec
iconography to depict the most important creation myths and sacred stories of the
Aztecs and other Nahuatl-speaking peoples of ancient central Mexico. All imagery
derives from the colorful and brilliant art style of late post-Classic Mexico (A.D.
1250-1521), as taken from the body of pre-Conquest codices known collectively as
the Borgia Group. These ancient screenfold booksare filled with detailed and vivid
scenes of native calendrics, rituals, mythical events, and cosmology. The Five
Suns tells how Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca create heaven and earth, journey
to the underworld to create humans and find sustenance for them, and finally create
the sun and the moon. Like all creation stories, this one provides mythic answers
to life's most perplexing questions and offers an ethical vision of how we should
live. The Five Suns is essential viewing in a wide variety of classes and
at many educational levels. Funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities. 59 min. Color 1996 Catalog #38335 Sale: video $325, Rental: video $75 |
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 An impressive achievement! The film combines scholarly rigor and accuracy with great artistry and beauty. The filmmakers are entirely adept in the conventions and style of the period, and it is truly wonderful to see this brilliantly colored artwork come alive in sound and motion. -- Karl Taube, Prof. of Anthropology, UC Riverside An amazingly happy combination of scholarly accuracy and artistic quality. I presently use the Popol Vuh film in two separate courses, but the combination of it with this new film will provide me with a wonderful introduction for students to two important Mesoamerican mythologies and a vivid 'compare and contrast' showcase for two different Mesoamerican artistic styles. -- Peter L. van der Loo, Prof. of Humanities and Religious Studies, Northern Arizona Univ. "Special Jury Citation," Native Americas Intl. Film Exposition, Santa Fe American Anthropological Assn. Selection American Society for Ethnohistory honoree |
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John Collier: A Visual Journey |
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| This acclaimed documentary provides an intimate portrait of the life, the stunning
photographic work, and the unique humanitarian insights of one of this century's
greatest teachers. When he was eight, John Collier was hit by a car and suffered
severe brain trauma that left him with learning disabilities and speech and hearing
impairments. As a result, he never finished grammar school, yet he went on to become
an internationally renowned photographer, anthropologist, educator, and one of the
founders of the field of visual anthropology. As a disabled person who grew up with
Native Americans in the Southwest, Collier identified with minorities and outsiders
of all kinds, especially indigenous peoples. As an adult, his stark photographic
images of the Great Depression, his portraits of Navajo and Eskimo life, and his
documentary photos of South American cultures brought him international renown. This
inspiring work traces Collier's life and shows how he ignored the boundaries of art
and science to define new ways of seeing and understanding. Produced by Stephen Olsson
and Maria Luiza Aboim. 28 min. Color 1994 Catalog #38315 Sale: video $195, Rental: video $50 |
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Before John Collier, anthropology had been a word game. It was all through the ear and not through the eye. Collier's work opened up a whole new horizon for anthropology, and this inspiring film recounts that work. It should be seen by anyone interested in anthropology, photography, or the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity. -- John Adair, Prof. Emeritus of Anthropology, San Francisco State Univ. Margaret Mead Film Festival honoree Society for Visual Anthropology honoree American Anthropological Assn. selection Natl. Educational Film Festival Finalist |
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The Maya Pompeii |
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| About 1,400 years ago, a sudden volcanic eruption buried a Maya agricultural village,
sealing off intact what has become one of the most important discoveries in the Americas.
The ancient villagers of Joya de Ceren, in what is now El Salvador, had barely enough
time to escape with their lives; they left behind their homes and their possessions
and inadvertently provided historians, archaeologists, and scholars with the most
complete record of ancient everyday Maya life ever discovered. This remarkable documentary
explores the historic village and examines its relationship to the ancient Maya world
and other major Maya sites throughout Central America. On-location footage and extraordinary
3D computer animation are combined to recreate the ancient village of Joya de Ceren
and the resplendent Classical city of Tikal. The film recounts ancient Maya achievements
in agriculture, architecture, astronomy, and art. It also documents the lives of
the Maya today, highlighting ancient ceremonies still practiced in Central America.
The film illustrates the rich contributions of the modern Maya to music, the visual
arts, and folkloric expressions, and speculates on the impact of the detailed knowledge
revealed in Joya de Ceren on the lives of contemporary Maya as they struggle for
economic equality and civil rights in their native countries. This is one of the
best general introductions to the Maya available and is a must for courses in Latin
American and Native American studies, anthropology, and archaeology. Produced by
Eva Wunderman and Nick Versteeg. 47 min. Color 1996 Catalog #38369 Sale: video $225, Rental: video $60 |
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Popol Vuh: The Creation Myth of the Maya |
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| This much-honored animated film employs authentic imagery from ancient Maya ceramics
to create a riveting depiction of the Popol Vuh, the Maya creation myth and
the foundation of most Native American religious, philosophical, and ethical beliefs.
The film introduces the Maya and relates the entire tale, beginning with the creation
of the world and concluding with the victory of the Hero Twins over the evil lords
of the Underworld. Instructor's guide co-authored by filmmaker Patricia Amlin and
Prof. James A. Fox, Stanford University. See also The Five Suns:
A Sacred History of Mexico, by the same filmmaker. 60 min. Color 1989 Catalog #37902 Sale: video $295, Rental: $70 Spanish-language version: Catalog #38183 Sale: video $295, Rental: video $70 |
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Patricia Amlin has made this great Native American Indian myth one that a person of any age - child, teenager, adult - can appreciate. The film makes the tale accessible to a wide public not by diminishing it, but by visualizing it. -- Prof. Mary Miller, Yale Univ. An artistic and intellectual triumph. -- Peter Allen, Prof. of Anthropology, Rhode Island College, in Archaeology A great and ground-breaking film. -- Prof. Michael Coe, Yale Univ. Latin American Studies Assn. Award of Merit Society for Visual Anthropology Award CINE Golden Eagle Award Natl. Educational Film Festival Gold Apple Native American Film Festival honoree American Anthropological Assn. selection |
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Primitive Process Pottery |
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| Master potter Wayne Brian demonstrates how ceramic pottery was made by ancient peoples,
especially those in the American Southwest. An ideal enhancement for courses in anthropology,
archaeology, and Native American studies. By Woodsmoke Productions. 60 min. Color 1993 Catalog #38254 Sale: video $150, Rental: video $60 |
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| Privy To the Past | |
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| This detailed and engaging documentary provides
an outstanding introduction to the goals and methodologies of historical
and urban archaeology. The video chronicles an excavation in West Oakland,
California, in advance of a major freeway construction project. It shows
how archaeologists uncover collections of artifacts from a variety of ordinary
families who lived in working-class West Oakland between the mid-1880s and
the early 1900s. The choice of West Oakland as the western terminus of the
Transcontinental Railroad stimulated an influx of immigrants to the area
beginning in the late 1860s. West Oakland was the first truly integrated
community in the United States; people of different ethnic backgrounds lived
next door to one another rather than in small ethnic enclaves.
The video follows the archaeologists as they work ahead of construction
activities, excavate archaeological "features," research historical
documents, and interpret their discoveries. Artifacts from Chinese, white,
and black households are examined for clues to the diverse ways of life
of the 19th century residents, and oral history interviews with descendants
of those residents both broaden and corroborate the archaeological evidence.
Privy to the Past is accompanied by an excellent Instructor's Guide. The
video will enhance any introductory archaeology class and is essential
viewing in courses on historical or urban archaeology. It was produced
by the California Dept. of Transportation in association with Sonoma State
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Science or Sacrilege: Native Americans, Archaeology and the Law |
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| Well into the 20th century, Native American physical remains were frequently harvested
like trophies, and ritual objects and artwork often reached museums under questionable
circumstances. Such glaring offenses of "imperial archaeology" ultimately
motivated Congress to pass the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation
Act (NAGPRA) in 1990. This provocative, in-depth documentary examines the Act's underlying
moral and political issues, its practical consequences, and the prospects for science
in the post-NAGPRA world. Some (though not all) archaeologists and historians claim
that NAGPRA will prevent important study and research. Native Americans say that
no one has the right to dig up and examine their ancestors' remains. Divergent realities
of power, responsibility, and history make the debate vociferous, and simple answers
impossible. This unique video is sure to provoke discussion and raise awareness in
a variety of courses in history, anthropology, archaeology, Native American studies,
and museum studies. Produced by Nicholas Nicastro. 57 mins. Color 1996 Catalog #38339 Sale: video $195; Rental: video $70 |
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The most up-to-date and insightful video available on the issues of repatriation and reburial. It fairly represents the continuum of opinion among both Native Americans and scholars. Issues aren't presented simplistically as us versus them, science versus religion or Indians versus archaeologists. -- Larry Zimmerman, Prof. of Anthropology, Univ. of Iowa Having screened it in my introductory archaeology class, I find this video remarkable for how many ideas it explores in just under an hour. Balanced and thoughtful, ir provokes class discussion on a wide range of topics. -- Thomas P. Volman, Prof. of Anthropology, Cornell Univ. American Anthropological Assn. selection Northwest Anthropological Conference honoree American Society for Ethnohistory honoree |
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Set in Stone |
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| Stonehenge is one of the world's most famous cultural icons as well as one of the
most popular tourist destinations in Europe. This penetrating documentary explores
the international controversy over physical access to the Stonehenge site. Balancing
the increasing demand for access to the past with the need for preserving such an
environmentally and archaeologically sensitive site has proven to be a complex and
difficult task for British authorities. Archaeologists, advertisers, modern-day druids,
and more than 10,000 tourists each day are battling over access to Stonehenge, even
as it continues to deteriorate owing to environmental stresses and pollution. This
is a unique and insightful case study of a problem facing most of the world's cultural
monuments. By Linda Zimmerman. 24 min. Color 1995 Catalog #38303 Sale: video $150, Rental: video $50 |
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A vivid, engaging, and richly discussible film that will be a unique resource for a variety of courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. It provides a rare close-up look at Stonehenge itself as well as remarkable and dramatic footage of religious and political groups seeking claim, at times violently, to the monument's symbolic significance. The film engages students with interpretive issues that are foundational for a wide range of courses, including anthropology, history, popular culture, cultural studies, and interpretive theory. -- Prof. Helen Brooks, Humanities Special Programs, Stanford Univ. Natl. Educational Film Festival Award World Archaeological Congress honoree |
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Taypi Kala: Six Visions of Tiwanaku |
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| This highly original documentary follows five distinct cultural groups -- tourists,
U.S. archaeologists, urban Bolivian university students, a local Aymara family, and
indigenous Aymara priests -- who converge today at the monumental site of the ancient
city of Tiwanaku, Bolivia. The video explores the representational practices and
authorities each group employs and the social relations involved for each in defining
this sacred place. Rather than depicting Tiwanaku as the mysterious ruins of a lost
Andean past, the video examines how contemporary people animate the site by bringing
to it their own unique cultural acccounts and figures of authority -- whether ancestors,
fathers, teachers, scientific traditions, or merely the exotic imagery of global
tourism. Accompanying teaching notes. Produced by Jeffrey Himpele. 53 min. Color 1994 Catalog #38290 Sale: video $195, Rental: video $60 |
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Watunna |
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| This stunning and universally acclaimed animated film depicts five stories from the
creation myths of the Yekuana Indians who inhabit the Venezuelan rainforest. These
fascinating, highly metaphorical stories explore the genesis of evil, night, sexuality,
fire, and food. This landmark achievement in animation is handpainted with watercolors
using metamorphosing designs drawn in part from ancient Yekuana art. Produced and
animated by Stacey Steers. 24 min. Color 1990 Catalog #37907 Sale: video $195, Rental: $50 |
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A wonderful and unequalled achievement. No other ethnographic film so successfully fuses form and content. The style of animation makes comprehensible the construction of reality in mythmaking. The film is ideal for use in all anthropology and ethnography classes. -- Prof. Terrence Turner, Dept. of Anthropology, Univ. of Chicago Margaret Mead Film Festival honoree American Anthropological Assn. selection American Indian Film Festival honoree Latin American Studies Assn. honoree Natl. Educational Film Festival Award |
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| This outstanding documentary relates the powerful
history of the American Indian struggle for control of their ancestral remains.
In 1990, after a long struggle between Indian rights groups and the scientific
establishment, the Native American Graves Repatriation and Protection Act
(NAGPRA) returned to Indian people the right to control the remains of their
ancestors.
For American Indians, this was perhaps the most important piece of civil and human rights legislation of the 20th century. Skeletons and grave goods that had been gathering dust in museums around the country could come home again, and Indian graves would be protected from further desecration. Indian people were not only being heard; their moral claims on their past were being turned into law. Now a new case is testing these claims. The discovery of a 9,000-year-old skeleton on the banks of the Columbia River near Kennewick, Washington, has re-ignited the conflict between anthropologists and Indian people over the control of human remains found on ancestral Indian lands. Anthropologists insist that these remains hold the key to America’s past and must be studied for the benefit of mankind, while many Indian people believe that exhuming and studying them is a desecration of their ancestors. At the heart of the conflict are two very different and seemingly irreconcilable belief systems. "Who Owns the Past?" uses the Kennewick Man case as a frame to explore the roots of this conflict, roots that reach back to the very beginnings of American history. By exploring the historical events that led to the passage of NAGPRA and the current controversy over Kennewick Man, the film provides a clear context for understanding the issues involved. Perhaps most important, the film illuminates the two very different world views that inform this controversy and that will continue to have tremendous impact on Indian people and on all Americans long into the future. "Who Owns the Past?" is essential viewing for a wide array of classes
in American history and studies, Native American studies, ethnic studies
and multiculturalism, anthropology, and archaeology. It was produced by
Jed Riffe and narrated by Academy-Award-winning actress Linda Hunt. |
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 "This sensitive, deftly developed, and well-balanced film explores two widely divergent perspectives on the past. It does not attempt to resolve the issues it presents nor to tilt the story toward one side or the other. On the contrary, it presents the material in a way that enables students to understand the complexity of the issues and to analyze and discuss them themselves. The issues examined... go to the heart of value differences in a diverse and democratic society." -- Rita Napier, Prof. of History, Univ. of Kansas "If the purpose of a documentary is to encourage viewers to think critically about historical and contemporary matters, then 'Who Owns the Past?' passes the test in an exemplary fashion. This is a timely documentary about significant historical and contemporary issues surrounding a long-standing controversy between American Indians and those who view Native remains as a source of research and knowledge. The film does a superb job of bringing together important elements of this complex, cross-cultural struggle. It traces the history of grave looting in what became the United States from the landing of the Mayflower in 1620 to the "Kennewick Man" dispute of contemporary times. The film presents a compelling story in an even-handed manner. It will provoke needed reflection and discussion and should be widely used in courses that deal with American history, Native American history, Indian-white relations, anthropology, public policy, and race and ethnicity." -- James Riding In, Prof. of History, Arizona State Univ., Member of Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma "An outstanding educational tool! It's remarkable for its extraordinary balance and integrity, its great filmic quality, and the currency of its coverage of this major issue affecting anthropologists, Native Americans, and, ultimately, the entire American public." -- Deward Walker, Jr., Prof. of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder "Thanks to my background as a California Indian, my training in cultural anthropology, and my profession as a museum director, I have often found myself involved in (and struggling with) the multitude of issues, emotions, and viewpoints surrounding the repatriation of American Indiain human remains. Who Owns the Past? does an admirable job of letting a diverse group of scholars, museum professionals, tribal leaders, and activists voice their perspectives on this volatile issue, thus enabling viewers to understand the historical, scientific, and sacred roots of the current controversy." -- Sherrie Smith- Ferri, Ph.D., Dir., Grace Hudson Museum "I can't imagine teaching my classes in anthropology and archaeology without showing this film. It opens up many fruitful avenues of discussion about Indian peoples as well as the future well-being of the disciplines of anthropology and archaeology." -- Jerald Jay Johnson, Chair, Dept. of Anthropology, California State Univ., Sacramento
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