The Shaman’s revenge
- Year of release: 2011
- Duration: 55 min
- Director: Laetitia Merli
- Country of production: France
- Shooting location: Tuva Republic, Russia
Kara-Ool
is the Supreme Shaman of Tuva Republic. He leads the “Bear Spirit
Centre” in Kyzyl where about ten shamans work regularly. Looking to the
future, he counts on an international development of shamanism and a
worldly ecological awareness. Between healings and purifications of any
sorts, he tells us his projects and his vision of the world.
Laetitia Merli
Laetitia
Merli is an anthropologist (PhD, EHESS, Paris) and a documentary film
maker (Master in Visual Anthropology, Granada Centre, University of
Manchester).
Specialist
of shamanism in Mongolia and Siberia, she focuses on tourism and
neoshamanism. The Shamans’ Revenge is her fourth film on shamanism.