Bolivian boy

Duration: 0:15:55

Genre: Educational | Ethnographic

Year Published: 1961

Creator: CRM/McGraw-Hill Films: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Shows the life of a ten-year-old Amarya Indian boy living with his family on the Altiplano in Boliva. Explains that the boy asks the household wish god to help him get a truck. Follows the boy as he goes with his father to La Paz to get his truck. Shows modern buildings and streets, contrasting them with those of the past. Describes the dreams of the young boy as he returns to his poor farmhouse. Shows the primitive farming methods on the Altiplano and the boy's mother spinning wool Illustrates through the temple ruins at Tiahuanaca the ancient culture of the people., Shows the life of a ten-year-old Amarya Indian boy living with his family on the Altiplano in Boliva. Explains that the boy asks the household wish god to help him get a truck. Follows the boy as he goes with his father to La Paz to get his truck. Shows modern buildings and streets, contrasting them with those of the past. Describes the dreams of the young boy as he returns to his poor farmhouse. Shows the primitive farming methods on the Altiplano and the boy's mother spinning wool Illustrates through the temple ruins at Tiahuanaca the ancient culture of the people.