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Title:

Kinaaldá [videorecording] : a Navajo rite of passage / Indian Summer Films presents ; a film by Lena Carr ; producers, Lena Carr and Aaron Carr ; director, Lena Carr.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

Distributed by KnM Graphix,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

1 videodisc (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Kinaaldá (Navajo rite)
Navajo Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
Navajo women.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Carr, Lena.
Carr, A. A. (Aaron Albert), 1963-
Indian Summer Films.
KnM Graphix (Firm).
Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Native American Public Telecommunications, Inc.
KAET-TV (Television station : Tempe, Ariz.)

Summary:

"Only an 'insider' could record and explain the personal meaning, communal intricacy, and mystical significance of the kinaalda ceremony. Producer/director Lena Carr was denied her kinaalda ceremony because of her parent's relocation and their desire to integrate her into mainstream culture. By documenting her niece's rite of passage, Carr journeyed back to her childhood and found 'that piece of my life that I felt was missing.' Carr follows 13-year-old Tanya Sheperd's initiation into womanhood during the rite of passage that connects her to the Navajo community and culture."--Container.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)85810772

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)