The story follows a little girl named “Dokhtar Bas” who catches a frog for her mother to cut open and put on her father’s infected knee injury. The next day the wound is disinfected and her father goes back to work in the wilderness. Dokhtar Bas looks at the dried up corpse of the frog and asks her mother if her father is truly healed now. Later in an attempt to revive the frog she first puts it in water, then catches another frog and like her mother cuts it open and places it on the dead frog’s corpse, tying them together. Checking the bandaged bundle the next morning she discovers two dead frogs and she asks her mother again whether her father really is completely healed now.
"A Traditional Country Wedding in Aland by A. O. Olson a PSA member of San Francisco, Calif. Axel has recorded an all-but-disappeared ritual in this tiny island between Finland and Sweden. This 23-minute 16-mm film was awarded the PSA-MPD Gold Medal and the Documentary Film Award" PSA Journal, Nov. 1971, 42.
"Apple Sculpture by Frank L. Kreznar of Milwaukee, Wis. No Literal description of this film is possible more than the title itself. This surprising hobby is beautifully presented in this 8-minute 16mm film that was awarded a Ten Best Medal" PSA Journal, Nov. 1971, 41
"Birth-Rite by Jeff Blyth of Cadillac, Mich. Jeff's idea came about as a result of his service in the U.S. Peace Corps in Liberia and contrasts the modern day life with the primitive. This 19-minute 16mm film was awarded a Ten Best Medal and the Golden Scissors Award for best editing" PSA Journal, Nov. 1971, 42.
"In a Clock Store by Christopher Leggo of Berkeley, Calif. Chris has taken the lively musical selection by this title, performed on a Wurlitzer pipe organ, and shot about every imaginable clock there is, timing the action to the music. This 6-minute 16mm film was awarded a Ten Best Medal and the Experimental Film Award" PSA Journal, Nov. 1971, 42.
"Rice Harvest in Japan by James and Veda Linford, PSA members of Oakland, Calif. The Linfords have presented another pirze film to go along with their former winners. This 8-minute 16mm film was awarded a Ten Best Medal" PSA Journal, Nov. 1971, 41
"Tierra de los Incas by Dorothy Ruth Orr, M.D. and Othel G. Goff, APSA, both PSA members of San Francisco, Calif. Dottie and Ot have made a beautiful film on this remote South American civilization of centuries ago. This 16-minute 16mm film was awarded a Ten Best Medal and the Travel Film Award" PSA Journal, Nov. 1971, 42.
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Amateur Cinema