25 minutes, $49.95

"The Akha Way is like a road... leading back to the past where the ancestors dwell... and forward into an uncertain future."

For a thousand years, the Akha people have inhabited the hills of Asia--mainly Southern China, Burma and Northern Thailand. The Akha Way, or Akhazaunh, is the code by which they live. This documentary describes their origins and their culture. It contains extraordinary footage of a shaman healing ceremony; a funeral, with the ritual sacrifice of a water buffalo; the reading of a pig's liver after a new house is built.

Now the Akha Way is in danger of vanishing. The program shows how forced migration, Christianity, money, and drugs are eroding the cultural heritage of the Akha tribe.

See the following sites for related material:

Akha Way
United Nations Association Film Festival
The Archeology Channel

VHS copies are available.

Schools, libraries, and other institutions who are interested in ordering a copy should contact:

Documentary Educational Resources
101 Morse Street
Watertown, MA 02472
617-926-0491
docued@der.org

Or visit the Akha Way page of the Documentary Educational Resources website.
 

Individuals interested in ordering can send a check or money order for $49.95 to:

Yellow Cat Productions
505 11th Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003

Make all checks payable to Yellow Cat Productions.

Or call Katie Gates(202. 543. 2221) or e-mail her with VISA or MasterCard information.

For orders outside the U.S., use credit card, or send an international money order or a postal money order drawn in U.S. funds. Plus $5.00 extra for shipping.