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From the equal distribution of all goods among the !Kung to the balanced reciprocity of the Yonomamo and the Trobriand Islanders, the economies of many non-Western societies are shown to be based on...
Shows the effects of mining in the rain forest. Davi Yanomami makes the first-ever visit by a Yanomami spokesperson to Europe, to appeal for acknowledgement of Yonomami land rights. He also collects the...
Series examining the political, economic and cultural problems facing the people of the Brazilian Amazon.
Introduces the Amazon goldrush and shows the impact on the Yanomami Indians. Includes graphic footage of the devastating effects of mines, air traffic and disease on the Yanomami people. The various...
Four views of a fight among the Yanomamo of Venezuela. The first is an unedited version of the fight as filmed by the cameraman soon after he arrived. The second is an analysis of the ritual context of the...
Focuses on the role of the shaman (Dedeheiw in this case) in curing his Yanomamo co-villagers and sending sickness to enemy villages. The use of hallucinogenic snuff is shown in its daily context....
Set among the Yanomamo Indians of morthern Brazil and southern Venezuela, the feast cements an alliance between previously hostile villages for the purpose of attacking a third. (The action is first...
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