El botón de nácar = the pearl button / Atacama Productions presenta una coproducción Atacama Productions, Valdivia Film, Mediapro, France 3 Cinéma, con la participación de France Télévisions ; producido por Renate Sachse ; un filme de Patricio Guzmán ; guión y dirección, Patricio Guzmán.

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Documentary that masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the western Patagonian waterways and the tragic journey of Jemmy Button, who in 1830 was bought by the English navy for the price of a mother of pearl button. The f...

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Corporate Authors: Atacama Productions (Production company)
Valdivia Film (Production company)
Mediapro (Production company)
France 3 cinéma (Firm) (Production company)
Kino Lorber, Inc (Publisher)
Other Authors: Guzmán, Patricio, 1941- (Film director, Screenwriter, Narrator)
Sachse, Renate (Film producer)
Djian, Katell (director of photography.)
Joly, Emmanuelle (editor of moving image.)
Maréchal, Hughes (composer (expression))
Miranda, José Miguel (composer (expression))
Tobar, José Miguel, 1956- (composer (expression))
Language:Spanish
South American Indian (Other)
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In Spanish and Kawéscar with optional English subtitles.
Published: Chile : Atacama Productions, 2015.
Subjects:
Water > Chile > History.
Button, Jemmy, > -1864.
Water > Social aspects > Chile.
Water and civilization.
Indigenous peoples > Chile > History.
Disappeared persons > Chile > History.
Chile > History.
Agua > Chile > Historia.
Disappeared persons.
Indigenous peoples.
Water.
Water > Social aspects.
Chile.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films > France.
Feature films > Spain.
Feature films > Chile.
Feature films > Switzerland.
History.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films
History.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm)
Variant Title:
Pearl button
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Documentary that masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the western Patagonian waterways and the tragic journey of Jemmy Button, who in 1830 was bought by the English navy for the price of a mother of pearl button. The film ends by discussing how Pinochet's forces used waterways to dump the bodies of disappeared persons that they had executed.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.
Accompanied by a booklet featuring an essay, "The limitless longing of Patricio Guzmán's The Pearl Button", by critic Eric Hynes.
Special features: Trailer; Encounters: filmed during the making of The Pearl Button.
Call Number:TD430 .P43 2016 VideoDVD
Audience:
Rating: Not rated.
Credits:Editors, Patricio Guzmán, Emmanuelle Joly ; music, Hughes Maréchal, Miguel Miranda, José Miguel Tobar ; cinematography, Katell Djian.
System Details:DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen; 5.1 surround or 2.0 stereo.
Participant or Performer:
With Martín G. Calderón, Emma Malig, Gabriel Salazar, Claudio Mercado, Raúl Zurita, Cristina Calderón, Adil Brkovic, Juan Molina ; narrator, Patricio Guzmán.