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Summary:

In one of the last remote areas of the Philippines, on Palawan island: Medsinu - an old shaman, healer and judge of customary law - takes care of his own, often invoking the spirit of his father, former shaman. Tirelessly, he combs the forest, from hamlet to hamlet, at the bedside. Overtaken by the disease Medsinu dies.A foreign mining company is considering settling on Palawan land of which the earth abounds with nickel. An open cast mine means large scale deforestation and a large use of chemical products, river pollution, a global and definitive destruction of the forest's natural resources. Without a shaman and having lost their bearings, facing modern intrusion from an outside world, the Palawan people feel like orphans. Will they survive without their shaman?

Contributors:

Boccanfuso, Pierre , director

Boccanfuso, Angelina , director

Durand, Emmanuel , producer

Copsi Video Production , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Subjects:

Palawan (Philippine people)

Shamans — Philippines — Palawan Island

Palawan Island (Philippines) — Social life and customs

Shamans

Manners and customs

Philippines — Palawan Island

Philippines

Genres:

Documentary films

Ethnographic films

Online media

Internet videos

General Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed May 12, 2021).
Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (53 mins.))

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

OCLC Numbers:

1255893560

Other Control Numbers:

99411995300971 (source: VaAlASP)
5119465 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP5119465/avon