The Warao People (Los Guaro)
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Preloran, Jorge, 1933-2009
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content: Jorge Prelorán films
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content: Jorge Prelorán films / Series 1: Completed Films and Videos / 1.1: Films directed by Prelorán
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content: Human Studies Film Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Ethnographic film documents the Warao Indians who live along the waterways of the Orinoco Delta, Venezuela. Includes footage of daily life, conflict resolution, and a curing ritual. Some filming was done by Chick Strand, who shot her film, Mosori Monika, at the same time. Film was shot in the summer of 1969 and first edited and shown in 1970. The film was re-edited and officially released in 1974. The HSFA holds two versions.