El Gaucho Argentino, Hoy
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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 provides an introduction to and overview of a series of three films on gauchos (cowboys) from three areas of Argentina, each with distinct practices and traditions. The Argentine provinces featured are: Corrientes, La Pampa, and Salta. Film was produced for the Tinker Foundation of New York, NY, and features an on camera introduction and narration by Edward Tinker. Film was shot from 1962 to 1963 and was released in 1963. Film is related to the Edward Larocque Tinker collection, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin. The English version of the film (not held at HSFA) is The Argentine Gaucho, Today.