J. Richard Robesco

Filmes

Ethnocide: Notes on El Mezquital
Editor
Through the direct testimony of the Indians, the phenomenon of acculturation suffered by the Otomí minority of the Mezquital Valley, one of the poorest rural areas of the state of Hidalgo, in Mexico, is analyzed. It tries to show a broader problem that encompasses a large part of the Continent; how other peoples, other ethnic groups, are exterminated with all kinds of mechanisms, from brutal repression to the most sophisticated cultural penetration.
Lumaaq: An Eskimo Legend
Sound Editor
An Inuit tale of familial revenge.
Lumaaq: An Eskimo Legend
Editor
An Inuit tale of familial revenge.
The Man and the Giant: An Eskimo Legend
Editor
This short film, in which a hunter is pursued, bound up and carries to a cave, tells the legend of a river, and of how fog came to the land. The story is enacted using katadjak or throat singing.