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Hello everyone!

Thanks to your good eyes, we have been alerted to TWO new alleged Yma Sumac 'documentaries.' Fans have wondered why we never mentioned them. The reason is... NO ONE CONTACTED US.

So that makes the documentaries questionable at best. Why? Because no one had access to Yma Sumac in her later years but roughly three people and one of them (ME!) was wildly protective of her, due to her advanced age. NO ONE got past me, especially in 2008, the year she was ill. So if they didn't talk to Yma Sumac, and if they didn't talk to me or get photos from our vast archives... how interesting can these films be?

Miss Sumac was very reclusive and very, very difficult in her last 35 years of life. So unless this is some 'rare unreleased material from the late 80's or early 90's (and that is doubtful) it will probably not be worth your while.

One is called 'Looking For Yma Sumac' by these people:
http://www.erreca.net/. Well... they may have been 'looking for' her, but they never found her! I recently sent them several questions about this project and they never answered.

Then, there is this one: http://www.littlebig.se/Films1.htm with a film called 'Yma Sumac: The Movie." Yea.. well... don't send in your money orders yet! They stole a photo from our web site without permission (it may be gone by the time you read this!) and again, they never talked to me. These people make the OUTRAGEOUS claim that Miss Sumac "cooperated" with them in her "last 5 years." Yma Sumac cooperate?! Those two words cannot be in the same sentence!
I loved her deeply, everyone knows that, but she was not cooperative! Nor would I or her legal team have let a camera crew into her home, without me there. I was her makeup man also... and she would not go on camera unmade up.

And on a more comical note... she only JOKED about being "2000 years old." Till the day she passed away, she insisted she was 50! And no one dared argue with that!

I guess the world of Yma Sumac is STILL a 'mystery' even after her passing, or so it seems!

Keep your eyes open and keep in touch!

Sincerely, Damon Devine (Los Angeles, CA)

P.S. Also, have a look at the ever expanding GUEST BOOK. There are many beautiful entries there, and feel free to add your own.