End of the Road

Synopsis: The 10,000 Embera Indians live in the headwaters of two rivers, the Baudo and the Atrato, in the Choco region of the coast of Colombia, South America. Whether fishing, hunting or growing food, the lives of the Embera revolve around the river. Some aspects of Embera traditional life are shown, but the main concern of the film is to show the relations between the Embera and outsiders, notably the local Catholic missionaries (who act as civil as well as religious administrators) and a local community of negro Libres, descendants of freed slaves. The negroes exploit the Embera, who wish to protect their land, but do not have the resources to do so.
Series: Disappearing World, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
Year of production: 1971
Availability: Sale (video - Concord)
Keywords: Colombia; Indians of North & South America

Name: Concord Media
Email: sales@concordmedia.org.uk
Web: http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
Phone: 01473 726 012
Address: Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG
Notes: A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

Name: Royal Anthropological Institute Film & Video Library, c/o Concord Media
Email: sales@concordvideo.co.uk
Web: http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
Phone: 01473 726012
Fax: 01473 274531
Address: Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

This record has been viewed 247 times.

British Universities Film & Video Council