An introduction to the variety of activities in the Makiritare village of Kononama. Women spin cotton, look after babies and chickens, and bathe in the river, while children draw pictures of what they see in the jungle, wrestle, and practice spear throwing. Men weave baskets from sisal for squeezing the poison out of the manioc roots, and make jewelry for a dance.(NYPL catalog)
Films » Village Life
Village Life
Alternative Title: The Makiritare: Village Life
Series Title: Indians of the Orinoco
Summary:
Description:
Edited Film
Country/Location: Venezuela (Kononama)
Tribe or Group: Makiritare
Producer: Julien Bryan
Director: Hermann Schlenker
Cinematographer: Hermann Schlenker
Production Company: IFF
Running Time: 12 min.
Years Filmed: 1971
Decade Produced: 1970s
Years Distributed: -1972
Film Gauge: 16mm
Stock: Color Safety
Footage Count: 447'
Sound: Un-narrated, Recorded On Location
Notes: Possible that footage pre-existed and was contracted by IFF for this series. IFF does not own OCN- returned to Schlenker after production of internegatives (?). There are 8 films in the Indians of the Orinoco series (all footage shot during the same expedition).
