The Feast

The Feast

Infobox Film
name = The Feast


image_size = 240
caption = "The Feast"
director = Tim Asch
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distributor = Documentary Educational Resources
released = 1970
runtime = 29 min.
country = U.S.
language = English

"The Feast" is a film by ethnographic filmmakers Tim Asch and Napoleon Chagnon. Strongly informed by Marcel Mauss' "The Gift", the film focuses on a visit between villages and presents an analysis of the politics of exchange and interaction that occur.

Awards & Festivals

* CINE Golden Eagle
* American Film Festival Blue Ribbon
* Flaherty Award
* Festival dei Popoli, Florence, Italy
* Venice International Art Film Festival
* International Folklore & Tourism Festival, Grand Prize
* Philadelphia International Festival of Short Films, Exceptional Merit

References

*cite web|url=http://der.org/films/feast.html
accessdate=2007-02-15
title=Tim Asch & Napoleon Chagnon: "The Feast"
work=www.der.org

External links

* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=199643525963741516 "The Feast"]


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