Films - RAI FILM

RAI FILM

Film list

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Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism 1974 50‘

Directed by Gary Kildea Jerry Leach .

The film documents the transformation by the Trobriand Islanders of the game of cricket, first introduced by British missionaries into a highly distinctive political ritual. Shot in 1973-1974,

Melanesia Sport Colonialism / Postcolonialism Political Activists

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Koriams Law and the Dead who Govern 2005 110‘

Directed by Gary Kildea Andrea Simon .

In ‘Koriam’s Law’ Australian anthropologist Andrew Lattas meets his match in philosopher-informant Peter Avarea of Matong village, Pomio, Papua New Guinea. Motivated by their lively dialogue the

Melanesia Religion / Belief / Faith Collective / Community identity Possession