From: Peter Dow To: [email protected] Cc: John Brockman Subject: Yanomamo Film Preservation Project Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 00:04:05 +0000 >, Alice Dear Jeffery Epstein: Your name and contact information was given me by John Brockman of the Edge Foundation, who thought you might have some interest in a project being undertaken by Documentary Educational Resources (DER), a non- profit film distribution company on whose board I have served for many years. DER is currently seeking to raise $50,000 to ensure the preservation of 21 films shot ,between 1968 and 1976 by anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon and filmmaker Timothy Asch. These films document the traditional life of the Yanomamo Indians, who inhabit the rain forests of Brazil and Venezuela. We have recently raised approximately $82,000 from a variety of sources, including a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation and a Kickstarter campaign. But we still need an additional $50,000 to preserve and duplicate the entire archive of 21 films, thereby guaranteeing in perpetuity their availability for research, teaching, and general viewing. This work will save for posterity a priceless film record of the life of an indigenous people virtually untouched by modern civilization. More information about these films can be found on DER's website (www der.org) by typing Yanomamo in the search box. If you have an interest in helping to fund this project, we would love to hear from you. You can reach the Executive Director of DER, Alice Apley, at the addresses and number below. I can be reached on my cell phone at and by my email: Respectfully, Peter Dow I understand that you are a friend and supporter of my friend Bob Trivers. Bob and I worked together many years ago on a social studies program for elementary students that that explored the question, "What Makes Human Beings Human?" Working on that program, I believe, kindled Bob's interest in human evolution. Alice Apley, Executive Direct