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.
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Directing | Delia Ackerman | Director |
Sound | Alonso del Río | Music |
Camera | Carlos Paz Bordone | Camera Operator |
Camera | Delia Ackerman | Camera Operator |
Camera | Fernando Valdivia | Camera Operator |
Camera | Alonso del Río | Camera Operator |
Directing | Alonso del Río | Director |
Production | Delia Ackerman | Producer |
Lighting | Carlos Paz Bordone | Lighting Technician |
Editing | Alonso del Río | Editor |
Editing | Delia Ackerman | Editor |
Editing | Rebla Castañeda | Editor |
Visual Effects | José Antonio Osona | Animation |
Production | Carlos Paz Bordone | Producer |
Production | Alonso del Río | Producer |