1 Film reel (33 minutes, black-and-white sound; 1206 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1978
Scope and Contents:
Edited film follows a shoemaker who had always assumed that he would spend his last years in his native village, Casa Viejas, Andalusia, Spain. When his children leave to work in a tourist town, the shoemaker follows. Separated from his network of family and friends, he struggles to adapt to the isolation. Sound track consists of Spanish language interviews with English voice over. Spanish title is El Zapatero.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Aging ; Moving, Household ; Occupations ; Shoes ; Domestic relations ; Domestic and family life ; Family Spain ; Cities and towns ; Tourism
Local Number:
HSFA 2011.8.1
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Jerome Mintz films of Andalusia, Spain, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Processing of the Jerome Mintz film collection was supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.
