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Behind the Masks (1973) | Slate

Behind the Masks

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Rated 7.0 on TMDB

Behind the Masks

A fascinating look at the meaning behind some Indigenous masks from the North Pacific coast. Expositor and lecturer is Professor Claude Levi-Strauss of Paris, world-renowned anthropologist and authority on the structural analysis of myth.

Released: 1973
Runtime: 37m
Genres: Documentary
Language: English

Direction and writing

Tom ShandelDirector

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Claude Lévi-StraussSelf

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