Choqela: Only Interpretation

Overview

This provocative and profound film documents the Choqela ceremony, an agricultural ritual and song of the Aymara Indians of Peru. By offering several different translations of the proceedings, the film acknowledges the problems of interpretation as an inherent dilemma of anthropology.

Release date

Jan 1, 1987

Rating

0 / 10

Runtime

0 hours 12 minutes

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Crew

Yolanda Lopez
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Role: Translator
Rufus Cohen
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Role: Sound Recordist
Richard Rogers
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Role: Sound Recordist
John Cohen
Role: Camera Operator
John Cohen
Role: Director
John Cohen
Role: Editor

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