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Au pays du scalp

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How it feels

A French and Belgian documentary follows an explorer as he records footage of Indigenous peoples and landscapes in South America during an expedition. The film shows daily life and rituals in the 1930s.

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What happens

Au pays du scalp est un documentaire franco-belge réalisé par le marquis Robert de Wavrin et Alberto Cavalcanti, sorti en 1931. Robert de Wavrin est également l'auteur d'une dizaine d'autres longs et courts métrages en relation avec ses explorations en Amérique du Sud. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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