Appeals to Santiago
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 2005.6.1
name: label: Creator
content: Wilson, Carter, 1941-
label: Creator
content: Metzger, Duane G., 1930-
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Mexico
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Carter Wilson in 2005.
creator: label: Creator
content: Wilson, Carter, 1941-
label: Creator
content: Metzger, Duane G., 1930-
culture: label: Culture
content: Maya
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (29 minutes, color sound; 1080 feet, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2005.06
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Sound films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film documents an eight-day Mayan Indian fiesta in Chiapas Mexico. In the mountain town of Tenejapa, the burden of giving celebrations for the town's patron saints falls on private individuals.  The film follows two men through their duties to one of the saints, Santiago, which include ritual prayer and drinking sessions, offerings of candles, prayers and large public processions of the saint's images.  Film made by  Duane Metzger and Carter Wilson.

Collection also includes still photographs, correspondence, film review, production records.

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