The Shaman
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"Shaman" was filmed on July the 16th, 1977 in the northernmost corner of Eurasia, on the Taymyr Peninsula, at the Avam river, concurrently with the shooting of the documentary "The Winds of the Milky Way". The Nganasan Shaman Demnime (1913-1980) was 64 years old at the time. The documentary about Demnime's incarnation ritual was completed 20 years later. The fifth and final documentary in Lennart Meri's "Encyclopaedia Cinematographica Gentium Fenno - Uricarum" series.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1997-02-05
Runtime: 21 mins
Director: Lennart Meri
Spoken language: Eesti
Genres: Documentary
Original title: The Shaman
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Production Countries: Estonia
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