C a r t e r W i l s o n
Carter Wilson Writer/Ethnologist/Film Maker
Critically Acclaimed, Best Selling Author, Brilliant Teacher, Dramatic Actor, Political Activist, Explorer, Pioneer in so many realms.
As a young man he lived in the Mayan communities in southern Mexico, learned enough Tzotzil Mayan to get by, and wrote and produced a documentary film called Appeals to Santiago” about an eight-day Mayan religious festival.
Appels to Santiago
Later he studied the Quechua peoples use of coca leaf in Peru on a grant to the U.S. national Institute on Drug Abuse.
He has published ethnographic fiction and non-fiction, including two books about Mayan mexico, a children’s novel about Netsilik Inuit of Canada, and a fictional account of the discovery of machu picchu in Peru seen through the eyes of a photographer who is discovering he is gay at the same time. His first novel, Crazy February, widely adopted in college anthropology courses, has been 53 years in print ad now is available in spanish as Febraro Loco,
Edward Curtis is the hero of, and role model for Carters character Willie Hickler in Treasures of the Earth. Willie’s mission is to create a photographic record like Curtis did for the Native Americans of North America, documenting the Inca’s, bringing their lives to the rest of the world.
Edward Sheriff Curtis Photographer/Ethnologist
A gay activist, Wilson wrote the narration for two Oscar-winning documentaries, “The Times of Harvey Milk.”and “Common Threads”. He received the Ruth Benedict Prize for the gay sections of the American Anthropology Association forces “Hidden in the Blood.” He taught at Harvard, Stanford, Tufts University, and for 34 years at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz
LOCAL MAN SPOKE WITH JACKIE
1) Interview
1) The Interview
2) Writing
a. The Provider
b. Why Go On A Tuesday
c. Canek
d. Hidden in the Blood
e. On Firm Ice
f. A Green Tree and a Dry Tree
g. Crazy Febuary
h. Treasures on Earth
i. Men in Skirts
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4) Films
3) Theater
5) Carters Website
6) Time Line & Family
