Choqela: Only Interpretation (1987)

• Documentary

This provocative and profound film documents the Choqela ceremony, an agricultural ritual and song of the Aymara Indians of Peru. By offering several different translations of the proceedings, the film acknowledges the problems of interpretation as an inherent dilemma of anthropology.

Release date

January 1, 1987

Runtime

12m

Language

English

Director

John Cohen

Status

Released