Edmund Bielawski

Edmund Bielawski (or Edmundo Bielawski) was a Polish explorer and documentary film maker.[1] In 1961 during an expedition to American Cordillera, searching for the beginning of the Amazon River, he captured footage of the human headshrinking rituals by the Shuar people.[2][3] He also made a film about the Amazon River (Bezkresne horyzonty Amazonii).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 (Polish) Ryszard Badowski, SPÓR O ŹRÓDŁA AMAZONKI, Wiedza i Życie
  2. ↑ Rare Headshrinking Footage Confirmed?
  3. ↑ Search for the Amazon Headshrinkers


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