Warriors of the Amazon [videorecording] / Nova.

Nova (Television program)

Boston : WGBH Video, c1996.

English

1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

F2520.1.Y3 W37 1996

989.2

883629033662

"Travel with NOVA to remote reaches of the Amazon rainforest to visit the Yanomami, an endangered tribe whose culture is built on fierce rivalries and communal harmony. Watch as two Yanomami villages attempt to reconcile past differences by sharing in a great feast. Family drama unfolds against the background of everyday life. A young woman who has been living in a rival village will now see her family for the first time in ten years. Meet Yanomami shamans who use hallucinogenic drugs to commune with the spirit world, practice magic to combat modern disease, and oversee the preparation of the ashes of the dead for consumption by their loved ones whose bodies act as a living tomb. Celebration and tragedy are both a part of this dramatic portrayal of a people on the brink of extinction." -- from WGBH website and container.

Originally broadcast on PBS as a segment of: Nova.

Anthropologist, Jacques Lizot ; producer, Chris Curling ; camera/director, Andy Jillings.

DVD-R.

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