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Sastun / by Guido Verweyen.

Penn Museum Library - Desk DVD F1435.3.E74 A792 2004
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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Epstein, Nadine, author.
Contributor:
Verweyen, Guido, director, photographer, author.
Arvigo, Rosita.
Documentary Educational Resources (Firm), distributor.
George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Arvigo, Rosita--Travel--Belize--Cayo District.
Arvigo, Rosita.
Mayas--Ethnobotany.
Mayas.
Mayas--Medicine.
Traditional medicine--Belize--Cayo District.
Traditional medicine.
Ethnobotany--Belize--Cayo District.
Ethnobotany.
Maya healers--Belize--Cayo District.
Maya healers.
Medicinal plants--Belize--Cayo District.
Medicinal plants.
Rain forest ecology--Belize--Cayo District.
Rain forest ecology.
Travel.
Belize--Cayo District.
Belize.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (20 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Place of Publication:
Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, [2004]
System Details:
DVD-R.
digital
optical
video file
DVD video
Summary:
Sastun tells the story of American herbalist Rosita Arvigo, whose quest to explore the healing powers of plants led her to the rain forest of Belize where she befriended one of the last remaining Maya shamans, Don Elijio Panti.
Participant:
Narrated by Julie Adams.
Credits:
Directed and photographed by Guido Verweyen ; produced by Guido Verweyen & Eva Langsdorff ; co-produced by Alan Vasquez ; written by Nadine Epstein & Guido Verweyen ; edited by Alain Vasquez.
Notes:
Based on the book: Sastun / by Rosita Arvigo & Nadine Epstein.
Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license. Resource Sharing not permitted.
Also issued in VHS (1/2 in.) in 2002.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
OCLC:
57358578

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