The Forgotten Village (1941)

19411h 28mdir. Alexandr Hackenschmied, Herbert KlineUnited Statesdocumentary film

Note: this print runs 88 minutes against a recorded 67 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Burgess Meredith

Directed by Alexandr Hackenschmied, Herbert Kline

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The Forgotten Village is a 1941 American docufiction film — some sources call it an ethnofiction film — directed by Herbert Kline and Alexander Hammid. Filmed in Mexico with local non-actors, it depicts life in a remote traditional pueblo where a folk healer comes into conflict with a teacher and outsiders who want to introduce modern medicine.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.

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