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Baby catchers of the Amazon
Title
Baby catchers of the Amazon.
Published
Paris : ZED, 2005.
Physical Description
1 streaming video (52 min.).
Local Notes
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Notes
Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 27, 2013).
This edition in English.
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Summary
In Brazil, it is said that a pregnant woman has one foot in her grave. Young mothers depend on traditional midwives who accompany them through the storm of birth giving thanks to their ancestral knowledge which they humbly describe as a "gift from god". "Baby Catchers of the Amazon" is an intimate and moving portrait of Dona Dorca and Dona Ilda, who welcome life and confront death in a place where the very continuation of life often relies on their leathery hands.
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ASP-AVON OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 15, 2019
Series
Ethnographic video online ; volume 1
Subjects
Genre/Form
Encoded moving images.
Nonfiction films.
Nonfiction films.
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