Techqua Ikachi, Land - My Life
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Techqua Ikachi, Land - My Life |
| Original title | Techqua Ikachi, Land - My Life |
| Country of production | Switzerland , Germany |
| original language | Hopi |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Anka Schmid , Agnes Barmettler , James Danaqyumptewa |
| script | Anka Schmid, Agnes Barmettler, James Danaqyumptewa |
| production | Mano film |
| camera |
Jürg Viktor Walter , Anka Schmid, James Danaqyumptewa |
| cut |
Inge Schneider , Anka Schmid |
Techqua Ikachi, Land - Mein Leben is a documentary film by the director Anka Schmid and the artist Agnes Barmettler from 1989. The film illuminates the history and living conditions of the Hopi Indians ( Arizona ), especially their problems with the American government in their struggle for Sovereignty .
action
The film consists of both current and historical film recordings and is supplemented by sketches and drawings by the Swiss artist Agnes Barmettler. Explanatory comments are deliberately avoided; instead, the images are linked into a whole through the stories of the elders of the village of Hótevilla in the US state of Arizona . The village elders pass on the story of their people, they tell of the non-violent resistance to land expropriation at the beginning of the 20th century and of the tutelage by the American authorities, through which the traditions and ways of life of the indigenous people are suppressed. The current recordings create a reference to the present and place what is being told not only in a North American but also a global context. Thus the film becomes a timeless document about a culture that is disappearing.
background
Around 1986/87 the then 70-year-old Hopi James Danaqyumptewa (1916–1996, also called Jimmy Kootshongsie) invited the young film student Anka Schmid and the Swiss painter Agnes Barmettler to the Hopi village in the USA so that they Be able to document the legends and traditions of the Hopi. Schmid and Barmettler then spent an entire year in the remote village of Hótevilla in Arizona.
Festivals and Awards
Techqua Ikachi competed at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah in 1992 . He won the Culture Prize of the Canton of Solothurn and the Blue Ribbon Award of the Chicago Film Festival .
Other festivals : DOK-Leipzig, Cinéma du Réel Paris, Dokfest Munich, Los Angeles Filmfest, Vision du Réel Nyon, San Francisco International Film Festival , Festival dei Popoli Florence
additional
2006 came '' Techqua Ikachi; Land - my Life / Land - mein Leben / Terre - ma vie '' with two versions (115 and 102 min) on DVD.
Web links
- TECHQUA IKACHI, Country - My Life in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Techqua Ikachi: Land-My Life (1992) , Review, The New York Times