The Last of the Cuiva / ITV Global Entertainment.
This is the story of the last 600 of the dying Cuiva tribe in southeastern Colombia, for the most part still living a Stone Age existence as naked hunters and gatherers. The film focuses on changes in their culture and society, brought about through contact with Colombian settlers. We see two contra...
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| Language: | English |
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Closed-captioned. |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2012], ©1970.
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| Series: | Films on Demand.
Disappearing world. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (68 min.) : sound, color. |
| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Summary: |
This is the story of the last 600 of the dying Cuiva tribe in southeastern Colombia, for the most part still living a Stone Age existence as naked hunters and gatherers. The film focuses on changes in their culture and society, brought about through contact with Colombian settlers. We see two contrasting groups of Cuiva: The first is relatively isolated and lives the traditional nomadic life, as the men hunt and fish and the women gather. The second group has been drawn into the Colombian economy, working occasionally for the ranchers in order to earn money and buy trade goods. The Cuiva seem to be living the present-day role of the North American Indians of 150 years ago: driven off their hunting grounds by the cowboys, massacred if they insist on fighting for their homes. |
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| Note: | Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 12, 2012. Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. Electronic resource. |
| Interest Grade Level: |
11 & up. |
| System Details: | Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Source of Description: |
Title from distributor's description. |