Juan Downey, 1977-79, 27 min.
THE LAUGHING ALLIGATOR IS GUEST CURATED BY FILMMAKER ADAM KHALIL FOR OUR ‘UNDER THE INFLUENCE’ SERIES AND IS STREAMING FOR FREE THROUGH NOVEMBER 29TH
Footage documenting daily life in the shabono with voice-overs by Downey, Titi Lamadrid, and Marilys Belt de Downey describing the rituals, myths, and quotidian affairs of the Yanomami.
Single-channel video, color, sound. Reel-to-reel videotape, U Matic 3/4 in, Beta SP, D2, digitized
Courtesy of the Juan Downey Foundation
Adam Khalil (Ojibway) is a filmmaker and artist who lives and works in Brooklyn. His practice attempts to subvert traditional forms of ethnography through humor, relation, and transgression. Khalil’s work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Sundance Film Festival, Walker Arts Center, Lincoln Center, and Whitney Museum of American Art, among other institutions. Khalil is the recipient of various fellowships and grants, including but not limited to: Sundance Art of Nonfiction, Sundance Institute Indigenous Film Opportunity Fellowship, UnionDocs Collaborative Fellowship, and Gates Millennium Scholarship. Khalil received his BA from Bard College.
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