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Portugal : The Last Shepherd
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Staff in one hand, stereo in the other, Hermino is the epitome of a man caught between two worlds. At 27, he is the youngest shepherd in this rural Portuguese valley, practicing a lonely, arduous p...
Staff in one hand, stereo in the other, Hermino is the epitome of a man caught between two worlds. At 27, he is the youngest shepherd in this rural Portuguese valley, practicing a lonely, arduous profession that few now are willing to learn. But on Saturday nights Hermino relaxes with friends at a party in town, switching Portuguese folk music for imported rock. This intimate film brings viewers into the almost-lost world of traditional shepherding, laying bare the efforts of Hermino and his neighbors to balance or choose between the old ways and the new.
Details
- Creator
- Journeyman Pictures (Firm)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- Portuguese
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2012], c2008
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (73 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn836717001
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on December 15, 2012.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- In Portuguese with English subtitles.
- A Vanishing Livelihood (2:52) -- A Dying Tradition (3:21) -- Musical Entertainment at Work (Profanity) (2:04) -- Lonely Lifestyle (3:20) -- Fierce Independence (4:51) -- Resistance Among Younger Generations (2:20) -- Musical Inspiration (2:34) -- A Shepherd Retires in Portugal (2:08) -- Wishing for Friends (1:14) -- Cheese Making: a Dying Art (3:41) -- Moving to Folgosinho (1:18) -- Experience of a Lifetime (4:59) -- Electricity Arrives (1:36) -- Rural Portugal's Heritage (2:27) -- Hardworking Children (2:19) -- In Need of a Wife (2:23) -- Coping with Loneliness (2:44) -- A Timeless Existence (6:50) -- A Dwindling Community (2:24) -- Steps Toward Modernization (4:08) -- A Brief Escape (6:28) -- Preparing for a Night Out (Profanity and Sexual Material) (4:49) -- Attracted to Modernity (4:16) -- Portugal's Last Pastoralists (1:19) -- Credits: Portugal: The Last Shepherd (1:28)