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Tiger's apprentice /

A Vietnamese American filmmaker journey's to her native Vietnam to observe and document her great-uncle's folk medicine practices. During her visit, Nguyen observes him treating many patients and making his medicines for tumors, leprosy, and infections. She also talks to his patients, to l...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Taro Root Films
Other Authors: Nguyen, M. Trinh, Nguyen, M. Thu, Lee, Huu
Format: Video
Language:English
Vietnamese
Language Notes:This edition In English and Vietnamese with English subtitles.
Published: London, UK : Royal Anthropological Institute, 1998.
Series:Ethnographic video online ; volume 2
Subjects:
Traditional medicine > Vietnam.
Medicinal plants > Vietnam.
Herbs > Therapeutic use.
Naturopathy.
Plantes médicinales > Viêt-nam.
Herbes > Emploi en thérapeutique.
Naturopathie.
Medicinal plants.
Traditional medicine.
Vietnam.
Online media.
Nonfiction films.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:A Vietnamese American filmmaker journey's to her native Vietnam to observe and document her great-uncle's folk medicine practices. During her visit, Nguyen observes him treating many patients and making his medicines for tumors, leprosy, and infections. She also talks to his patients, to local doctors and herbalists, battles Vietnamese government censors who are fearful her footage might make them appear backward to the Western world, and ultimately realizes that through her investigation she has unwittingly begun to apprentice.
Physical Description:1 online resource (57 min.).
Playing Time:00:57:00
Awards:National Educational Media Network, Silver Apple Award