The Intrepid shadows
Alfred Clah (Filmmaker)
In 1966 Sol Worth and Jon Adair conducted an experiment in Pine Springs, Arizona 'to determine whether it is possible to teach people with a technically simple culture to make motion pictures depicting their culture and themselves as they see fit'. This film is one of a series made by the Navajo as part of this project. One of the most complex films and least understood by other Navajos, this film has been called by Margaret Mead 'one of the finest examples of animism shown on film'. Unlike the other films in the series, this one deals with subjective rather than objective aspects of Navajo life. In the film Al Clah attempts to reconcile the western notion of God with his traditional Navajo notion of gods
Film, English, [1966]
By Alfred Clah, United States, [1966]