AMAZONIA and adjacent regions

Discussion – early ethnographic film-making about the indigenous peoples of Amazonia

 

Amazonia & adjacent regions – a selection of ethnographic films

• Films followed by an asterisk are those for which a text has been written, which although not necessarily definitive, will give a good idea of the final form of the post. The others are only stubs that will be developed later. 

• Ao Redor do Brasil: Aspectos do Interior e das Fronteiras Brasileiras [Around Brazil: Aspects of the Interior and the Frontiers](1933) – dir. Luiz Thomaz Reis*
• Aruanã Masked Dances {Aruanã-Maskentänze} (1962) – dir. Harald Schultz
• Au Centre de l’Amérique du Sud inconnue [At the Centre of Unknown South America] (1924) – dir. Marquis de Wavrin*
• Au pays de l’or et du bagne [In the Country of Gold and Penal Colonies](1933) – dir. Jean-Paul Goreaud
• Au Pays du Scalp [In the Land of the Scalp] (1931) – dir. Marquis de Wavrin *
• Calapalo (1946) – dir. Nilo de Oliveira Vellozo*
• Carajá, Os [The Karajá] (1947) – dir. Heinz Förthmann *
• Chez les Indiens Sorciers [Among the Indian Sorcerers] (1939) – Marquis de Wavrin *
• Comissão Rondon, fragmentos de filmes [Rondon Commission film fragments] (1914-?) – Luiz Thomaz Reis*
• Derniers des Incas, Les [The Last of the Incas] (1931) – Anon*
• Excursão às nascentes do Xingu [Expedition to the Xingu River Headwaters] (1944) – Nilo de Oliveira Velloso
• Fishing Expedition and Subsequent Ceremony {Fischzug und anschließendes Fest} (1962) – dir. Harald Schultz
• Funeral Bororo, fragmentos (1953) – Heinz Förthmann and Darcy Ribeiro*
• Haut Amazone: pays des réducteurs de têtes [Upper Amazon: Country of the Head-Shrinkers] (1939) – dir. Fred Matter *
• Hunting Expedition of Both Ceremonial Groups {Jagdzug der beiden Zeremonialgruppen} (1962) – dir. Harald Schultz
• Indian Cultures in the Bolivia-Brasil Border Region {Indianerkulturen aus dem Grenzgebiet Bolivien-Brasilien} (1936) – dir. Emil Heinrich Snethlage.
• Indian Life in the Gran Chaco {Indianerleben im Gran Chaco} (1932/1950) – Hans Krieg *
• Índios “Urubus”, Os : a vida diaria numa aldeia indígena da floresta tropical [The “Urubu” Indians : daily life in an indigenous village in the tropical forest] (1950) – dir. Heinz Förthmann and Darcy Ribeiro*
• Jivaro Indians of Ecuador (c .1936) – Vincent Biava *
• Jornada Kamayurá [Day in the Life of the Kamayurá] (1966) – dir. Heinz Förthmann
• Mato Grosso films (1935-36) – Dina and Claude Lévi-Strauss*
• Matto Grosso outtakes: warrior dances and bull-roarers (1931) – Floyd D. Crosby *
• Matto Grosso, the Great Brazilian Wilderness (1932) – John. S. Clarke *
• Nhambiquaras, Rondonia, Os (1913) – Edgard Roquette-Pinto*
• No Paiz das Amazonas [In the Country of the Amazons] (1922) – dir. Silvino Santos.*
• No Rastro do Eldorado [On the Trail of El Dorado] (1926) – dir. Silvino Santos*
• No Rio Içana [On the Içana River] (1928) – dir. José Louro Fernandes*
• On Indian Trails by the Pilcomayo River {På Indianstigar vid Pilcomayofloden} (1950) – dir. Wilhelm Hansson and Mauritz Jesperson.
• On the Life of the Taulipang in Guiana – Film Documents from 1911 {Aus dem Leben der Taulipang in Guayana – Filmdokumente aus dem Jahre 1911} (1911/1962) – Theodor Koch-Grünberg *
• Primitive Peoples of Matto Grosso : “Xingu” (1941) – Ted Nemeth*
• Primitive Peoples of Matto Grosso : The Bororo (1941) – Ted Nemeth*
• Rio-Hacha, village de Colombie (1928) – Anon*
• Rituais e festas Borôro [Bororo Rituals and Ceremonies] (1917) – dir. Luiz Thomaz Reis*
• Ritual Relay Races with Wooden Logs {Ritueller Stafettenlauf mit Holzklötzen} (1962) – dir. Harald Schultz.*
• River of Death, The (1934) – Aloha Wanderwell (Baker)*
• Saramaka Maroons footage (1928) – Melville J. Herskovits and Morton C. Kahn
• Sertões de Matto-Grosso, Os [The Savannas of Mato Grosso] (1915) – dir. Luiz Thomaz Reis*
• Tapanahoni River footage (1928) – Morton C. Kahn
• Terre de Feu, La [Tierra del Fuego] (1926) – Paul Castelnau and Joseph Mandement *
• Umutina, Os [The Umutina] (1945) – dir. Harald Schultz*
• Vénézuéla, petite Venise [Venezuela, Little Venice] (1937) – Robert, Marquis de Wavrin*
• Yagua (1944) – dir. Paul Fejos *
• Yaruro (Pumé) footage, Venezuelan llanos (1934) – Vincenzo Petrullo *
• Yopi: Chez les Indiens du Brésil [Yopi : With the Indians of Brazil] (1945) – Felix Speiser/ Georges Lobsiger*
• Yuko (Motilón) secondary burial ceremony, working copy (1934) – Marquis de Wavrin *