An Extraordinary Wedding: Marriage and Modernity in Highlands, Papua New Guinea

Synopsis

An Extraordinary Wedding is a film about contemporary marital exchanges in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea. The film presents the complex relationships entangled in a web of bridewealth exchanges associated with a particular marriage, characterised as “extraordinary” by many of the participants. The film asks the viewer to reflect upon the significance of such exchanges in relation to globalisation, modernity and social change. Through still frame and direct speeches captured during the ceremonies the film seeks to draw viewers into the events as participants.

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