Attack of the Jungle Women

1959
1h 12m

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A documentary showing the daily life of the Panamanian natives (Choco and Guna), spiced up with the capabilities of the US Air Force and, for the movies' distribution, a scene of headhunters... Read allA documentary showing the daily life of the Panamanian natives (Choco and Guna), spiced up with the capabilities of the US Air Force and, for the movies' distribution, a scene of headhunters.A documentary showing the daily life of the Panamanian natives (Choco and Guna), spiced up with the capabilities of the US Air Force and, for the movies' distribution, a scene of headhunters.

Director
- Joseph R. Juliano
Writers
- John David
- William 'Bill' Phillips
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4.0/10

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Director
- Joseph R. Juliano
Writers
- John David
- William 'Bill' Phillips
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Most of the documentary is filmed with the Choco natives, known in the 21st century as the Embera-Wounaan semi-nomadic people.

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Edited into Dusk to Dawn Drive-in Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 10 (2007)

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Corrections on credits of film, of which I shot the major part.

Originally I was asked to film a short subject about the Choco' Indians in Panama jungle. Excited by the scenes of topless Indian women, the Hollywood producers then added a "story" about them as headhunters, using made-up "actress' from the bars of Tiajuana, Mex., filmed in San Diego park's eucalyptus forest. The credited director etc. were only involved in this phony part of the film.

The promo sheets are classics of fiction: telling how these guys suffered through the jungle during filming, even learning how to cook Indian cuisine.

No U.S. funds were used, but U.S.Air Force did provide a valuable medical kit we used to treat Indians, and some chopper transport during one of their training flights (at a time when this was still an ethnic film production).