Kinaaldá [videorecording] : a Navajo rite of passage / Indian Summer Films presents a film by Lena Carr producers, Lena Carr and Aaron Carr director, Lena Carr.

Albuquerque, NM : Indian Summer Films [Harrisburg, PA] : Distributed by KnM Graphix, 2000.
Added to CLICnet on 06/09/2014

DVD-R NTSC.
In English and Navajo with English subtitles optional English subtitles for entire film.
Editor, David Aubrey cinematographer, Aaron Carr original music, Dawn Chambers.
Only an ‘insider’ could record and explain the personal meaning, communal intricacy, and mystical significance of the kinaalda ceremony. Producer/director Lena Carr was denied her kinaalda ceremony because of her parent’s relocation and their desire to integrate her into mainstream culture. By documenting her niece’s rite of passage, Carr journeyed back to her childhood and found ‘that piece of my life that I felt was missing.’ Carr follows 13-year-old Tanya Sheperd’s initiation into womanhood during the rite of passage that connects her to the Navajo community and culture. –Container.
Major funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting additional funding was provided by Native American Public Telecommunications, Inc., KAET-TV, Ellis Tanner Trading Company.

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Requested by Marubbio, E.

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