The Forgotten Village (1941)
- Directed by
- Herbert Kline, Alexandr Hackenschmied
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 07m
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This docufiction film looks at everyday life in a remote Mexican village. A folk healer and a teacher clash over whether to bring modern medicine to the community.
observationalearnestslow-pacedgroundedneutraleducationalstaged-naturalisticdidactic
What happens
The Forgotten Village is a 1941 American docufiction film — some sources call it an ethnofiction film — directed by Herbert Kline and Alexander Hammid. Filmed in Mexico with local non-actors, it depicts life in a remote traditional pueblo where a folk healer comes into conflict with a teacher and outsiders who want to introduce modern medicine. The story and screenplay were written by John Steinbeck, narration voiced by Burgess Meredith, and music scored by Hanns Eisler. Distribution was by the partnership of Arthur Mayer & Joseph Burstyn. The New York State Board of Regents, acting as the state's board of censors, banned the film in New York due to the film's portrayal of childbirth and showing a baby at its mother's breast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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