Ethnomusicologist Linda O'Brien was in town, Santiago Atitlán,  returning after some 35 years to record again the b'iix singers as she had done before back in the day. Vinnie Stanzione and I tagged al

Introducing the ATITLÁN DIGITAL ETHNOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE.

 

Some years ago, after starting to film in Santiago Atitlán,  I had the idea that there might be historic photographs of this extraordinary and mu

Some people have shown interest in the deer dance I mentioned on Facebook.  A year ago I travelled to Belize with friends linguist Kerry Hull and bird chaser extraordinaire Rob Fergus. Part of the pur

We three kings of orient are

One on a tricycle

One in a car

One on a scooter beeping his hooter

Following yonder star…

 

Or so we used to mischievously sing (off key in my case) in the back row of the

This page and the associated website will attempt to give some advanced information about the film and preview some material. We’ll also try to give all sorts of background information related to both