Bayano Film Research

From the collaboration between Wapikoni and a group of students from the Panamanian region of Bayano comes this poetic and evocative work about its town and its people.

17 min | Identity,Territory | 2017

Synopsis

This visual anthropological study is the result of five years of research in Panama’s Bayano region. The documentary was produced by a collective of students from the area, under the supervision of a Wapikoni filmmaker-mentor. It offers the viewer a tour of the territory and the daily activities of its inhabitants and their struggles.

Artistic and technic data

Year: 2017
Duration: 17 min
Direction: Colectiva
Production: Wapikoni mobile
Indigenous peoples: Emberá,Kuna
Geographic area: Panama
Language: Spanish, Embere, Kuna
Subtitles: Spanish, English
Subject: Identity,Territory
Genre(s): Documentary