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Sastun / Directed by Guido Verweyen.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Arvigo, Rosita. Sastun, author.
- Series:
- Ethnographic video online.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arvigo, Rosita.
- Arvigo, Rosita--Travel--Belize--Cayo District.
- Medicine, Traditional.
- Rain forest ecology.
- Medicinal plants.
- Maya healers.
- Ethnobotany.
- Traditional medicine.
- Mayas--Ethnobotany.
- Mayas.
- Travel.
- Belize.
- Indians, Central American.
- Phytotherapy.
- Mayas--Medicine.
- Traditional medicine--Belize--Cayo District.
- Ethnobotany--Belize--Cayo District.
- Maya healers--Belize--Cayo District.
- Medicinal plants--Belize--Cayo District.
- Rain forest ecology--Belize--Cayo District.
- Belize--Cayo District.
- Medical Subjects:
- Medicine, Traditional.
- Belize.
- Indians, Central American.
- Phytotherapy.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Ethnographic films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video (20 min.) : sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, 2002.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- 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.
- Credits:
- Narrator, Julie Adams ; writer, Nadine Epstein, Guido Verweyen ; editor, co-producer, Alain Vasquez ; producer, Eva Langsdorff ; camera, writer, producer, Guido Verweyen.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames (Ethnographic video online, viewed on Feb. 17, 2012).
- Based on the novel: Sastun / by Rosita Arvigo & Nadine Epstein.
- Copyright date on credit frame: 2001.
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
- Contains:
- Arvigo, Rosita. Sastun, author.
- OCLC:
- 53404280
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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