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The Laughing Alligator

The Laughing Alligator (1979) Streaming - Where to Watch Online

Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'The Laughing Alligator' right now, here are some essential information about the documentary flick. The Laughing Alligator starring has a NR rating, a runtime of about 27 min. The release date of the movie is January 1st, 1979.

Curious about the story behind it? Here's the plot: "Merging the subjective and the objective the autobiographical and the anthropological The Laughing Alligator is a highly personal observation of an indigenous South American culture Recorded while he and his family were living among the Yanomami of Venezuela this compelling work distills Downeys search for his own cultural identity and heritage through the encounter between the Western family and the socalled primitive tribe Challenging the anthropological view of the Yanomami as violent cannibals Downey focuses on the tribes myths rituals and ceremonies documenting funerary rites in which tribal members eat the pulverized ashes of their dead to insure their immortality Subverting conventional modes of ethnographic documentary Downey participates as an active presence shooting with his video camera as a means of creating an interactive dialogue between artist and subject and addressing his own yearning for a purer existence"

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'The Laughing Alligator' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on January 1st, 1979