The Medicine of Forgiveness

Name: The Medicine of Forgiveness
Genre: Documentary
Released: 01 Jan 2001
Rating: 0.00
Cast: Benito Arévalo

2001-01-01 Peru 22 minutes.

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Benito Arévalo is an onaya: a traditional healer in a Shipibo-Konibo community in Peruvian Amazonia. He explains something of the onaya tradition, and how he came to drink the plant medicine ayahuasca under his father's tutelage. Arévalo leads an ayahuasca ceremony for Westerners, and shares with us something of his understanding of the plants and the onaya tradition.

Year 2001

Studio Soqta Estudio, Hidrógeno Producciones

Director Delia Ackerman, Alonso del Río

Crew Delia Ackerman (Producer), Delia Ackerman (Director), Fernando Valdivia (Camera Operator), José Antonio Osona (Animation), Carlos Paz Bordone (Lighting Technician), Alonso del Río (Director)

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Language Español