From honey to ashes [electronic resource] / a film by Lucas Bessire ; produced in the Program for Culture and Media, Department of Anthropology, New York University.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Bessire, Lucas., Director.

Fredericsen, Paul., Composer.

Documentary Educational Resources (Firm), Distributor.

New York University. Program in Culture & Media., Producer.

Series:

Ethnographic video online.

Language:

English

Mooré

Subjects (All):

Moro Indians.

Indians of South America--Paraguay--Social conditions.

Indians of South America.

Anthropology--Fieldwork.

Anthropology.

Genre:

Ethnographic films.

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video (47 min.) : sd., col.

Place of Publication:

Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 2006.

Language Note:

Narration in English and Ayoreo; subtitles in English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

In March 2004, one of the world's last voluntarily isolated groups of hunter-gatherers walked out of the forest in northern Paraguay, fleeing ranchers' bulldozers. They formed a new village with their more settled relatives, where they confronted the complexities of learning how to become "Ayoreo Indians" and more critically, how to survive in a rapidly changing world. This documentary provides an intimate portrait of a divided community four months after this historical event, and their efforts to chart a collective future in a context shaped by deforestation, NGO activity, anthropologists and evangelical Christianity.

Credits:

Music, Paul Fredericsen.

Notes:

Title from title frames (Ethnographic video online, viewed on Oct. 24, 2011).

Previously released on DVD.

Recorded in Chaidi and Arocojandi communities, Paraguay, 2004.

Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.