Watunna
1989 | 24:00 | 16mm | Color
Winner Student Academy Award, Best Animated Film 1990, and other prizes
The creation myths of the Yekuana Indians of the Orinoco region of Venezuela provide a transparent look at the poetic process by which human beings construct meaning from their experience. Narrated by Stan Brakhage. Music and sound by Bruce Odland.
Production notes
1989 | 24:00 | 16mm | Color
The images for Watunna were hand drawn with ink on oatmeal paper. Most images are 6 x 8 inches. The paper was backlit as the images were photographed in sequence with a 16mm Kodak Cine Special camera. The film is narrated by the experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage. The music and sound design are by the sound artist Bruce Odland.