The Tree of Knowledge
(2019, original release: 1982)
Nonfiction
eVideo
Details
PUBLISHED
Les Blank Films, 1982
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (23 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
6903631
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
Set in Huehuetla, Puebla, a Totonac Indian community in East Central Mexico, this documentary contrasts two systems of education. The public school system uses patriotic symbols to “integrate” Indian pupils into the national culture while teaching them to reject their own identity
Film
In Process Record
Originally produced by Les Blank Films in 1982
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English