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Films
2 Films
Country
“Samoa”
x
films with a digital version
1
Region
Melanesia
1
New Zealand and Polynesia
1
Country
Samoa
2
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Keywords
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
History of Anthropology
1
Ritual
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Social Organisation
1
Directors
Croall, Heather
1
Milner, George
1
Series
not set
2
Country of production
Australia
1
United Kingdom
1
Year of production
1989
1
1999
1
Film list
Matai Samoa
1989
65
‘
Directed by
George Milner
.
The film is a valuable treatment of archival footage that George Milner shot while conducting fieldwork in 1955 and 1959. The footage (18 minutes of the total film) focuses on the traditional Samoan
New Zealand and Polynesia
History of Anthropology
Film / Photography / Mass media
Social Organisation
Archival material / Museum displays
Ritual
Paradise Bent. Boys will be Girls in Samoa
1999
51
‘
Directed by
Heather Croall
.
Paradise Bent is a fascinating and entertaining film that tells the story of the Samoan fa’afafines: boys who are raised as girls and take on the domestic duties performed by women around the home,
Melanesia
Gender Role and Identity
Sex / Sexuality