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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Soothsayers, cigars and San Simon
  name:
    name part: Ohlen, Bo.
  name:
    name part: Zaak, Monica.
  type of resource: moving image
  genre: videorecording
  genre: Internet videos.
  genre: Documentary.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 1997
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: spa
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (59 min.)
  abstract: In Guatemala, in a slum district known as the Line, five women soothsayers try to solve the problems of the poorest of the poor. In their tin shed, they see their clients who open their hearts in search of advice, healing and comfort. The healers invoke the illegal San Simon-- "illegal" in that he is not recognized by the Catholic Church - although the majority of the people of Guatemala do regard him as a saint. Saint Simon is the patron saint of the poor and is regarded as being able to cure most ills. San Simon liked liquor and smoked cigars. The gnarled women who evoke his spirit share this affinity. We watch the emotional outpourings of their clients through a cloud of smoke.The tougher the problem the more cigar smoke is needed for the cure. Many a rejected lover is able to reclaim lost affection, and problem children become easier to deal with through their intervention. With few material possessions, these people call on faith and hope for their survival.
  target audience: For College; Adult audiences.
  target audience: general
  note: by Monica Zaak and Bo Ohlen.
  note: Originally released as DVD.
  note: Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
  note: Slide.
  note: Spanish, subtitles in English.
  subject:
    topic: Divination
    geographic: Guatemala
  subject:
    topic: Saints
    topic: Cult
    geographic: Guatemala
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: VaAlASP
    record creation date: 080405
    record change date: 20260324204341.1
    record identifier: in00003746582