Wási /

As the sun rises on a village in northern Colombia, we glimpse its inhabitants as they begin their day. As the scene emerges from obscurity, a voiceover ruminates on the nature of sight. It is the voice of Arhuaco filmmaker Amado Vilafaña Chaparro, the co-director of Wási. He shares his thoughts on...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Ruíz, Sebastián Gómez (Director, Producer), Chapparo, Amado Villafaña (Director, Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	Spanish South American Indian (Other)
Language Notes:	In Spanish and Ica with English subtitles.
Published:	London, England : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2017.
Subjects:	Arhuaco Indians > Colombia. Arhuaco Indians > Ethnic identity. Ethnographic films. Indigenous peoples in motion pictures. Arhuaco > Colombie. Arhuaco > Identité ethnique. Films ethnographiques. Autochtones au cinéma. Arhuaco Indians Ethnographic films Indigenous peoples in motion pictures Colombia Documentaries and Factual Films Documentary films Short films Documentary films. Short films. Documentaires. Courts métrages.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	As the sun rises on a village in northern Colombia, we glimpse its inhabitants as they begin their day. As the scene emerges from obscurity, a voiceover ruminates on the nature of sight. It is the voice of Arhuaco filmmaker Amado Vilafaña Chaparro, the co-director of Wási. He shares his thoughts on anthropologists like Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff and Robert Gardner, and the (mis)representations they produce. Ultimately he, and this film, affirm the power indigenous people can seize by taking up the camera themselves - becoming authors of their image and, so, authors of knowledge.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed August 13, 2020).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (17 minutes)
Playing Time:	00:16:32