Ocamo Is My Town

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Ocamo Is My Town
Directed by Tim Asch
Distributed by Documentary Educational Resources
Release date(s) 1974
Running time 23 min.
Country U.S.A.
Language English

Ocamo Is My Town is a film by ethnographic filmmakers Tim Asch and Napoleon Chagnon. [1]

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. [2]

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