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Films
4 Films
Country of production
“Australia”
x
Year of production
“2000”
x
Region
Melanesia
1
South Asia
1
South-East Asia
2
Country
India
1
Indonesia
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Philippines
1
Keywords
Children / Young people
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Family / Kinship
1
Marriage
1
Possession
1
Ritual
2
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
1
Urban
1
Directors
Asch, Patsy
1
Kildea, Gary
1
MacDougall, David
1
Owen, Chris
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
1
Doon School Project
1
not set
2
Country of production
Australia
4
x
Papua New Guinea
1
Year of production
2000
4
x
Film list
Bridewealth for a Goddess
2000
72
‘
Directed by
Chris Owen
.
A unique insight into a secret spirit cult among the Kawelka people in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea. After a dream, a clan leader initiates a long and complex ‘work’, when he and a
Melanesia
Ritual
Marriage
Possession
Celso and Cora
2000
109
‘
Directed by
Gary Kildea
.
The film is about one family who live in the slums of Manila. Gary Kildea and a Filipino collaborator enter this family’s life, filming them as they eat, as they care for their children, as they work
South-East Asia
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Family / Kinship
Urban
Consulting Embah Wali
2000
42
‘
Directed by
Patsy Asch
.
These companion films (ANU Indonesia Series, DVD $ examine the philosophy and ritual practices of the followers of a holy man popularly known as Embah Wali. The movement, centred in Blitar, East
South-East Asia
Ritual
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Doon School Chronicles
2000
140
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
David MacDougall’s long term visual study completed. The Doon School, located in Dehra Dun in Uttaranchal, is perhaps the most famous boys’ boarding school in India. Although it has sometimes been
South Asia
Education / Knowledge transmission
Children / Young people