Navajo Weaver, A

Synopsis: The Navajo Films were made by amateur Navajo film-makers from Pine Springs, Arizona, as part of an experiment conducted by Sol Worth and John Adair in 1966 ‘to determine whether it is possible to teach people with a technically simple culture to make motion pictures depicting their culture and themselves as they see fit’. In this programme Susie Benally depicts her mother, Alta Kahn, weaving at the loom and includes all of the necessary steps prior to the actual weaving.
Series: Navajo Films, Series
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Film; Film. 16mm. st. b&w. 22 min.
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production: 1966
Availability: Hire
Documentation: Reference: ‘Through Navajo eyes: an exploration in film communication and anthropology’ by Sol Worth and John Adair (Indiana University Press, 1972).
Subjects: Anthropology
Keywords: Indians of North & South America; Navaho; needlework; social life and customs; United States of America; weaving

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