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Author Betak, Natasha de

Title Speaking tree / by Natasha de Betak
Published Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (65 min.)
Series Ethnographic video online
Summary Speaking Tree is a beautiful film about a man named Deva who looses his mind while grazing camels in the desert of Northwestern India. As a result of his madness, he is chained to a tree for nearly a decade and cared for by his mother and brother. When an earthquake devastates the region, leaving tens of thousands dead and millions homeless, Deva regains his sanity and attempts to adapt to his former way of life
Credits Director, Natasha de Betak
Event Recorded in India
Notes Print version record
Subject Mental illness -- Social aspects -- India
Mentally ill -- Family relationships -- India
Families of the mentally ill -- India
Families of the mentally ill.
Mental illness -- Social aspects.
Mentally ill -- Family relationships.
India.
Genre/Form Documentary
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Ethnographic films.
Documentary.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Films ethnographiques.
Form Streaming video