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The Song of the Butterflies

Rember, an Indigenous artist in Peru, journeys to the Amazonian land of his ancestors.

Aired 08/30/2021 | Expired 12/01/2023

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The Song of the Butterflies

Season 34 Episode 6 | 53m 2sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions

Rember, an Indigenous artist in Peru, journeys to the Amazonian land of his ancestors.

Rember Yahuarcani is an Indigenous painter and one of the last surviving members of the White Heron clan of the Uitoto Nation in Peru. He left to pursue a successful career in Lima, but when he finds himself in a creative rut, he returns home to his Amazonian community to visit his father, a painter, and his mother, a sculptor, and discovers why the stories of his ancestors cannot be forgotten.

Aired 08/30/2021 | Expired 12/01/2023

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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the...

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The Song of the Butterflies

Season 34 Episode 6 | 53m 2sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions

Rember Yahuarcani is an Indigenous painter and one of the last surviving members of the White Heron clan of the Uitoto Nation in Peru. He left to pursue a successful career in Lima, but when he finds himself in a creative rut, he returns home to his Amazonian community to visit his father, a painter, and his mother, a sculptor, and discovers why the stories of his ancestors cannot be forgotten.

Aired 08/30/2021 | Expired 12/01/2023

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