The last refuge / an Amphion production ; produced by Matthew Westfall and David Weisman.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Oglesby, Randy.

Weisman, David.

Westfall, Matthew.

Amphion Productions.

Filmakers Library, inc.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Filmakers library online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeta (Philippine people).

Ethnology--Philippines.

Ethnology.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (52 minutes).

Other Title:

The last refuge : the Aetas of the Phillipines

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1996, 1994.

Language Note:

This edition in English.

System Details:

digital

data file

Summary:

Relegated to remote reservations on the rugged slopes of Mt. Pinatuba, the Aetas, the original inhabitants of the Phillipines have battled lowland expansion, commercial logging, and increasing encroachment on their ancestral land. They are struggling to survive and to preserve their ancestral culture. The Last Refuge was conceptualized in collaboration with anthropologist Dr. Ruffino Tima. It traces the history of this endangered tribe. They were hunted down and killed as "uncivilized savages" by the Spanish colonizers who sought their eradication, and were exploited as slaves by their lowland Malay counterparts. Rare archival footage documents life on the reservation that the Americans created to provide a sanctuary for these "non-Christian" people. The Americans tapped their jungle skills as guerrilla fighters during World War II. The Last Refuge presents the only footage available of tribal life before Mt. Pinatubo's devastating volcanic eruption, and tracks the Aetas as they cope with the obliteration of this mountain sanctuary, their last refuge.

OCLC:

747798008

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.