78 mins., b&w, sound – non-diegetic music and voice-over
Production : Chinese Academy of Sciences. This film is one of the most substantial films in the Chinese Historical Ethnographic Film Series.
Others involved in the direction of this film were Zhao Fuxing, Lu Guangtian, Qiu Pu and Karsten Krüger.
Content – This film concerns the Oroqen, a nomadic group of hunters and gatherers in Northeast China, and one the smallest ethnic minorities in the country. It presents scenes of their everyday life, material culture, social organisation and their relationship with Anda traders. There are also sequences about their shamanistic rituals as well as about their marriage and funeral ceremonies.
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