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Choqela: Only Interpretation (1987)

Name: Choqela: Only Interpretation
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1987
Duration: 12 min

Directed by John Cohen

Documentary · 12m

This provocative and profound film documents the Choqela ceremony, an agricultural ritual and song of the Aymara Indians of Peru. By offering several different translations of the proceedings, the film acknowledges the problems of interpretation as an inherent dilemma of anthropology.

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Crew

Director: John Cohen
Editor: John Cohen

Details

Release date: 1987-01-01
Runtime: 12m
Genres: Documentary
Original language: EN