Taínos, La Ultima Tribu / Tainos, The Last Tribe

Special Screening of
Taí­nos, La Ultima Tribu (Taí­nos, The Last Tribe)
Saturday, June 10, 6 pm / Admission: Free

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El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue at 104 th Street. Film and performance programs take place in El Museo del Barrio's Heckscher Theatre.

In time for El Barrio Week and Puerto Rican Day Parade celebrations, El Museo presents this film about an expedition headed by a young archeologist who accidentally discovers the last tribe of Taí­no Indians, who have been living hidden away from civilization for more than 500 years.

The movie, released in 2005, was filmed on location in the Puerto Rican towns of Comerio, Arecibo, Juana Diaz, Jayuya, Gurabo, Ponce, Manati and Naranjito. Written and directed by Benjamin Lopez. In Spanish with English Subtitles. Director will be present.




COMING SOON!
After renovation, El Museo del Barrio's Permanent Collection installation, highlighting Modern & Contemporary selections; Graphics, Popular Arts including Santos de Palo; and the Taínos and their legacy.



Taíno:
Ancient Voyagers of the Caribbean

Organized by Dr. Dicey Taylor, Guest Curator, coordinated by Fatima Bercht, Chief Curator of El Museo del Barrio, and designed by Ted Anderson and Donna Ostraszewski, of the Gallery Association of New York State, Hamilton, N.Y.

Taíno: Ancient Voyagers of the Caribbean presents rare and beautiful objects in stone, ceramic, shell and bone that illustrate diverse spheres of Taíno culture: mythology and cosmology, religion and ancestor worship, chiefs and chiefdoms, festivals and ball games, navigation and astronomy, ceramics and cuisine and daily life and technology.

Taíno: Ancient Voyagers of the Caribbean is a Permanent Exhibition that opened October 26, 2000.