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Mama Irene : healer of the Andes
Title
Mama Irene : healer of the Andes / a film by Bettina Ehrhardt and Elisabeth Möhlmann.
Publication
[New York, NY] : Blaze A Path, [2022]
Copyright Notice Date
©2002
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 71 min.)) : sound, color
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Streaming video file.
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2022.
The film was made possible with the support of White Feather Farm Foundation (US), Effects or Films (Mexico).
A Blaze A Path production ; written and directed by Bettina Ehrhardt and Elisabeth Möhlmann ; edited by Monika Abspacher ; directors of photography, Franz Zavala and Tenmy Johan Carrasco Monzón ; original music by Jim Papoulis ; produced by Elisabeth Möhlmann ; co-produced by Torsten Bönnhoff ; associate producer, Cristina Ramiro ; contributing producer, Sarah Johnson, P.G.A. ; co-production company, Digital Images GMbH ; additional director, film shoot 2019, Angana Jhaveri ; additional cinematography, Efrain Zegarra Onofre ; produced in association with The Center for Independent Documentary.
Chiefly in Quechua with some English; English subtitles.
Description based on videodisc record, closing credits, and IMDb entry (viewed 15 December 2022).
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
This is a film about Mama Irene, a remarkable 86-year-old woman Shaman (healer) from Peru who draws upon indigenous knowledge and traditions in danger of being lost forever. Yet her craft is based primarily on her own intuition: "Spirits have told me in my dreams how to proceed." The documentary follows Mama Irene in her everyday life, highlighting her healing methods and passion to serve each patient who knocks on her door: from local women who travel hours or days by foot through the Andes, to a medical doctor from India seeking a cure for illness that Western medicine had failed to help.
Variant and related titles
Healer of the Andes
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
Quechua; English
Added to Catalog
December 14, 2022
Credits
A Blaze A Path production ; written and directed by Bettina Ehrhardt and Elisabeth Möhlmann ; edited by Monika Abspacher ; directors of photography, Franz Zavala and Tenmy Johan Carrasco Monzón ; original music by Jim Papoulis ; produced by Elisabeth Möhlmann ; co-produced by Torsten Bönnhoff ; associate producer, Cristina Ramiro ; contributing producer, Sarah Johnson, P.G.A. ; co-production company, Digital Images GMbH ; additional director, film shoot 2019, Angana Jhaveri ; additional cinematography, Efrain Zegarra Onofre ; produced in association with The Center for Independent Documentary.
Performers
Main protagonists: Mama Irene (Juana Irene Contreras Pumayalli) and 9 others ; additional appearances: Edith Huaman and 9 others.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Blaze A Path (Firm), production company.
Center for Independent Documentary, contributor.
Digital Images (Firm), production company.
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