The Forgotten Village (1941)
Documentary examining the conflicts between the coming of modernization and the traditional culture of a small Mexican village.
- Date of release
- 1941-02-07
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 7m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Herbert Kline, Alexander Hammid
Casting
- Burgess Meredith — Narrator
Interesting facts
The Forgotten Village is a 1941 American docufiction film — some sources call it an ethnofiction film — directed by Herbert Kline and Alexander Hammid. Filmed in Mexico with local non-actors, it depicts life in a remote traditional pueblo where a folk healer comes into conflict with a teacher and outsiders who want to introduce modern medicine.
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