Product Details

• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Shanachie
• VHS Release Date: July 20, 1998
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630340250X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #398,571 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great for teaching, September 6, 2007

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ingonyama "ingonyama" (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Kayapo: Indians of the Brazilian Rain Forest (DVD)

I've used this video in the first week of introductory anthropology courses for several years and am really happy with it -- it concisely touches on a wide array of ethnographic material on topics like kinship, the division of labor, ritual, rites of passage, subsistence, indigenous peoples' relations to nation-states, and cultural and economic change. Most importantly, it breaks down the idea that change is a simple movement from "tradition" to "modernity," by focusing on two different Kayapo groups who are actively debating what it means to be Kayapo, & what kinds of change are acceptable. Nearly every concept that comes up in later weeks in the course can be illustrated with a reference to some aspect of this film, & students seem to remember it. Highly recommended.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good resource on Xingu Indians, September 5, 2006

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Dan James Pantone (Amazon Rainforest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Kayapo: Indians of the Brazilian Rain Forest (DVD)

It's difficult to find entertaining, authentic videos on Amazonian Indians and this one is better than average. I know, as I am currently producing Amazonian Indian documentaries. I have another video on the "Ritual of the Flutes" made by brazilian anthropologists that is really boring despite the incredible subject material. Nice to see something that's entertaining.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great look at a disappearing world, December 28, 2007

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Earthdog "Psychodelic Metal Warlord" (Thousand Oaks ,CA. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Kayapo: Indians of the Brazilian Rain Forest (DVD)

I borrowed my roommate/friend's DVD the other night and have to say this is a great documentary. I would give it 4 1/2 stars if I was able to. The previous bad review is obviously sour grapes and should be ignored. I am going to buy this DVD very soon as I have to return the one I watched to my friend soon.