Sangoma / a McKinnon-Villon production in association with Vision TV and Knowledge Network ; photographed, [directed] and edited by Peter Davis ; produced by Peter Davis & Harvey McKinnon.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Davis, Peter, 1937- director, editor, producer, director of photography.

McKinnon, Harvey, producer.

Thomson, Marcia, narrator.

McKinnon-Vilon, producer.

Vision TV, producer.

Knowledge Network, producer.

Villon Films, distributor.

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Healers--South Africa.

Healers.

Traditional medicine--South Africa.

Traditional medicine.

South Africa.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Villon Films, [between 2000 and 2009?]

System Details:

DVD.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

Summary:

In South Africa, traditional healers have always been regarded with suspicion by practitioners of Western medicine. New efforts to integrate traditional healers into primary health care, nutritional education, and AIDS work holds some promise for a public health system under siege.

Credits:

Narrator, Marcia Thomson.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

OCLC:

137262768