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Sierra Madre to Arechuyvo (Ray Garner) (1950)

1950 · Short film · 35 min · dir. Ray Garner

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This silent film accompanied lectures by filmmakers Ray and Virginia (Jinny) Garner, ending with a pack mule journey into the Sierra Madre mountains of Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico. Starting out at Arizona's: FF Ranch, Ray & Jinny discuss, show, and pack provisions, Cleaning tent, view camera, lenses, Kodachrome film in stacks, Jinny Garner makes a chimpanzee hand puppet, which she'll later use to amuse children in Mexico. They load their white Plymouth woodie, entering Mexico through the Nogales Mexican Customs check. Shows Barranca de Cobre, Magdalena, George Washington Hotel, International Beer Garden. Hermosillo: modern buildings & houses, Jinny lying in chaise longue, kindergarten. Guaymas to Alamos, Jinny in hammock, girl with pet fox, man with pet owl, feeding it with spoon, little girl with pet parrot. Jinny buys sombrero from vendor, girl with pet armadillo, Dodge Power Wagon & friends convoy to San Bernardo, outfitting burros, riding into a canyon. Jinny shows chimp puppet to kids, traditional tire sandals worn by man. To Arechuyvo, Chihuahua, panorama of hacienda, fetching water from well, hacienda grounds, children, firewood gatherers, making tortillas on outdoor stove, blacksmith/wood carver, making a plow, oxen pulling plow, sowing corn seed. The film ends with a boy and his pet bird. Archaeologist Charles C. Di Peso, known for his three-year excavations at Casas Grandes (Paquime) in Chihuahua, and later as the Director of the Amerind Foundation, is seen…

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Director
Ray Garner
Running time
35 minutes

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★★★★★ · This is a silent film · Geoff Alexander · 2022-05-10

The film was incorrectly identified as a sound film. Metadata has been corrected to indicate this was made as a silent film to accompany a live Ray and Jinny Garner lecture.

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