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Object Number
982-19-00/1.1.1
Display Title
Queros: the shape of survival, reel 1, 16 mm film
Descriptions
Object Description
Professional narrated film exploring the life of present day Inca descendants, the Qeros sheepherding people of Andean Peru, focusing on aspects of their daily life and their hardships due to living in the harsh physical environment. Elegant footage of landscape and people, dubbed interviews with individuals in community. Subjects covered in Part I: herding, agriculture, high rate of death, remnants of Inca Culture, interaction with modern Peru. color, sound, 30 min.
Department
Photographic
Date
1979
Artist
John Cohen
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
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Peru
Materials
Film
Quantity
1
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