Ocamo Is My Town

Ocamo Is My Town

Infobox Film
name = Ocamo Is My Town


image_size = 240px
caption =
director = Tim Asch
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distributor = Documentary Educational Resources
released = 1974
runtime = 23 min.
country = U.S.A.
language = English

"Ocamo Is My Town" is a film by ethnographic filmmakers Tim Asch and Napoleon Chagnon. [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6211732674301502556]

A documentary film that follows the work of a Salesian priest, Padre Cocco, who has headed a mission on the Ocamo River since 1957, in order to lessen the impact of "civilization" on the Yanomamo of this area.

The film is distributed by Documentary Educational Resources. [http://www.der.org]

References

*cite web|url=http://der.org/films/ocamo-is-my-town.html
accessdate=2007-03-30
title=Tim Asch & Napoleon Chagnon: "Ocamo Is My Town"
work=www.der.org


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