Mama Irene : healer of the Andes

Ehrhardt, Bettina, (film director,, screenwriter.). M©œhlmann, Elisabeth, (film director,, film producer,, screenwriter.). B©œnnhoff, Torsten, (film producer.). Contreras Pumayalli, Juana Irene (on-screen participant.). Blaze a Path (Firm), (production company.).

Summary: This is a film about Mama Irene, a remarkable 86-year-old woman Shaman (healer) from Peru who draws upon indigenous knowledge and traditions in danger of being lost forever. Yet her craft is based primarily on her own intuition: "Spirits have told me in my dreams how to proceed." The documentary follows Mama Irene in her everyday life, highlighting her healing methods and passion to serve each patient who knocks on her door: from local women who travel hours or days by foot through the Andes, to a medical doctor from India seeking a cure for illness that Western medicine had failed to help.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (71 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
videodisc
Publisher: [New York] : Blaze A Path Productions, 2022.
Copyright: ℗♭2022.

Content descriptions

Creation/Production Credits Note:	Edited by Monika Abspacher ; directors of photography, Franz Zavala and Manuel Llanos ; original music by Jim Papoulis.
Participant or Performer Note:	Featuring Mama Irene (Juana Irene Contreras Pumayalli)
Language Note:	In Quechua with English subtitles; closed captioning available.