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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Bibliographic Details
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

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