Daumë
Overview
Culled from four rolls of Super-8 film shot while the maker was a development worker in a small South American village, Daumë is at its center a film about ritual, power, and play. Daumë is both ethnography and critique; it is an interrogation into how to represent a place that can't be represented.
Top Cast
Sharon Ambielli
Kotie Amoida
Joanne Day
Benjen Pansa

Ben Russell
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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