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"Elderly Words: How Did We Do Elderly Words?"Elderly Words: How Did We Do Elderly Words?
(2009, 9 min.) COLOMBIA
Director: Amado Villafaña (Arhuaco), Saúl Gil (Wiwa), Silvestre Gil Zarabata (Kogui)
Produced by: Gonawindúa Tayrona Organization in coproduction with TeleCaribe
In indigenous languages with English subtitles.

A team of indigenous filmmakers travels the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region of northern Colombia to ask the mamos, traditional indigenous authorities, to speak out on urgent topics concerning the environment, land, and culture. In this episode from the 10-part series Elderly Words, the Zhigoneshi Communication Centre team shows how the project was organized.

Image credit: Audience at Club Red Radio, 2000 Native American Film and Video Festival - photograph by Amalia Córdova, NMAI; Elderly Words: How Did We Do Elderly Words?

Amado Villafaña

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