Spirit Doctors / Doctores del Espíritu

Creator

Monica Delgado Van Wagenen
Michael Van Wagenen
Antonio N. Zavaleta

Files

Creation Date

1996

Description

“Spirit Doctors” (“Doctores del Espíritu”) is an original documentary film co-produced by award-winning filmmakers and anthropologists Michael Van Wagenen, Monica Delgado and Antonio Zavaleta. Van Wagenen and Delgado wrote, photographed, directed and edited the video. “Spirit Doctors” investigates the phenomena of Mexican-American folk healing. Three contemporary healers are followed in their daily work. Spirit channeling, herbs and midwives are shown to be an important part of the cultural environment of the American Southwest. “Spirit Doctors” was the winner of the Best Documentary award at the 1996 Utah Film Festival.

Physical Description

00:27:00, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVfjHFwtAgI

Recommended Citation

Monica Delgado, & Michael Van Wagenen (Producers), & Delgado, M. and Michael, V. W. (Directors). (1997). Spirit Doctors. [Video/DVD] Filmakers Library. Retrieved from https://video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/spirit-doctors