A Man Called "Bee": Studying the Yanomamo (1974)

Original title

A Man Called "Bee"

Directed by

Tim Asch, Napoleon Chagnon

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

44 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a 1974 documentary about the Yanomamo people. It shows how anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon used fieldwork methods like participant observation and interviews to study their culture.

observationaleducationalmatter-of-factinformativerestrainedanthropologicaldocumentary-stylepensive

What happens

A Man Called "Bee": Studying the Yanomamo is a 1974 film by ethnographic filmmakers Tim Asch and Napoleon Chagnon. While he was studying the Yanomamo people, Napoleon Chagnon used many different ethnographic research methods. Some of those methods included participant observation, key informants, tape recording and in depth interviews. Ethnography is based on fieldwork. In order for Chagnon to create this film about the Yanomamo people, he had to take part in their events he was observing, describing, and analyzing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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