God Is a Woman
The Kuna indigenous people of the Guna Yala islands of Panama intend to claim a 1975 documentary that portrayed their community, but was not ever shown to them. In 1975, French Oscar-winning director…
God Is a Woman
The Kuna indigenous people of the Guna Yala islands of Panama intend to claim a 1975 documentary that portrayed their community, but was not ever shown to them. In 1975, French Oscar-winning director Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau travels to Panama to film the Kuna community, where women are sacred. Gaisseau, his wife and their little girl Akiko live with the Kunas for a year. The project eventually runs out of funds and a bank confiscates the reels. Fifty years later, the Kunas are still waiting to discover "their" film, now a legend passed down from the elders to the new generation. One day, a hidden copy is found in Paris.
God Is a Woman
Documentary
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The Kuna indigenous people of the Guna Yala islands of Panama intend to claim a 1975 documentary that portrayed their community, but was not ever shown to them. In 1975, French Oscar-winning director Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau travels to Panama to film the Kuna community, where women are sacred. Gaisseau, his wife and their little girl Akiko live with the Kunas for a year.
The project eventually runs out of funds and a bank confiscates the reels. Fifty years later, the Kunas are still waiting to discover "their" film, now a legend passed down from the elders to the new generation. One day, a hidden copy is found in Paris..