Eduardo the Healer
- 1978 ----- color ----- 54 min ----- vhs
- Presents a vivid documentary portrait of Eduardo Calderon, a fisherman, sculptor and village shaman in Peru. Like Castaneda's Don Juan, he uses incantations, insightful psychological analysis and hallucinogenic drugs to practice his healing arts. Follows him through a typical day and concludes with a powerful nighttime sequence showing him curing a young man suffering from severe depression. (In Spanish with English subtitles)
- Topics: (Anthropology: Cultural, Latin America, Medicine, Romance Languages and Literature)
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