Hudson filmmaker Isabel Barton has been working for nine years with an indigenous woman in the Venezuelan Amazon to help rescue her tribe’s disappearing culture and language. The film is in post-production. A finished segment of this unique film will be shown in Columbiaville (postal address Hudson, NY) at 6 pm on Saturday 7 September. E-mail Isabel Barton for more details and address. (ibarton@arcanapictures.net)
A brief synopsis follows:
An intimate look into how Kamarakoto tribal chief Hortensia Berti unravels the history of her tribe by piecing together the stories of her great-grandfather, a legendary chief whose teachings form the canon by which the Kamarakoto people live. Berti seeks the elders in their mud-huts, at the edge of the Amazon forest, and their stories illustrate not just their indigenous traditions but also their serendipitous interaction with the American explorers who “discovered” and studied Angel Falls, the tallest waterfall on earth, in the mid 20th Century. This is the first time these histories are woven together: The Making of a Chief is history in the making, of one of the world’s endangered cultures.
Present at the event will be New York Foundation for the Arts executive director Michael Royce, who will speak briefly about the importance of this kind of events by artists in the present economic atmosphere.
Barton is raising funds to complete the editing of the film. Donations are tax-deductible and contributors are instrumental in the rescuing and preservation of the culture and language of the Kamarakoto people. Suggested donation for the event is $50 per person. Donations of any amount will make a difference.
To reserve a seat RSPV to Isabel Barton @ ibarton@arcanapictures.net .
To make a donation click here:https://www.artspire.org/Donations/DonatetoFiscalSponsorship/Donate.aspx?view=donateNow&pid=IB0562
Also present at the event will be Karen Angel, niece of Jimmie Angel, the fabled American aviator who discovered Angel Falls in 1933, as well as Patricia Hubbard, legacy executor of Ruth Robertson, the American photojournalist who was the first to measure the falls in 1949. Both Jimmie Angel and Ruth Robertson’s stories are integral to the history of the Kamarakoto people and Angel Falls.
The event is hosted by Hedy Roma and Tony Gonzalez in the Screening room of their residence in Columbiaville.
Wine and Venezuelan tapas by CIA graduate Chef Marianna Morrison will be served.
It will be a unique event.
