Magical Death | |
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Directed by | Napoleon Chagnon and Tim Asch |
Distributed by | Documentary Educational Resources |
Release date(s) | 1973 |
Running time | 29 min. |
Country | U.S.A. |
Language | English |
Magical Death is a documentary film by anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon and ethnographic filmmaker Tim Asch that explores the role of the shaman within the Yanomamo culture, as well as the close relationship shamanism shares with politics within their society.
The filmmakers allegedly disputed over the content of the film when Asch objected to Chagnon's inclusion of graphic depictions of the Yanomami engaging in symbolic death and cannibalism[1].
The film was awarded the American Film Festival Blue Ribbon.