River People

Series: Places People Live Series

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1970

Creator: Sterling

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: River People From the series Places People Live Series Distributed by Sterling Educational Films; 241 E 34th St; New York; NY; 10016 ; Tel. (212)262-9433DC: SF Produced by Sterling Educational Films; 241 E 34th St; New York; NY; 10016 ; Tel. (212)262-9433PC: SF Year published 1970 Grade Level: I Distributed on media: 1 film reel (12 min.), optical sound, 16 mm. Color?Color Length: 12 MIN Library of Congress Registration 76-713003 Description: Tells how the river determines the lives of the people living along the Magdelena River in Columbia. Describes how their houses are built on stilts, how they travel by boat and how the river is their principal source of food. Compares the Mopti living on the Niger River in Mali whose habits vary with the season. Explains that during the wet season they live in their boats and during the dry season they build settlements of thatched huts on the shore. Topics: Rivers,-Lakes-And-Oceans-World; Social-Culture-And-Social-Processes; Social-Group-And-Interpersonal-Processes; Biology,-Ecology-Adaptation; Biology,-Ecology-Human; Basic-Needs-Clothing,-Food,-Shelter; Anthropology-