Films found one film Directors "Eaton, Michael" x films with a digital version 1 short films 1 Region Australia 1 Country Australia 1 Keywords Archival material / Museum displays 1 Film / Photography / Mass media 1 History of Anthropology 1 Ritual 1 Directors Eaton, Michael 1 x Series not set 1 Country of production United Kingdom 1 Year of production 2010 1 Film Masks of Mer 2010 37' Directed by Michael Eaton. The film Alfred Haddon made in 1898 in the Torres Straits, lasting for less than a minute, is the world's first example of anthropological cinema. 'The Masks of Mer' tells the extraordinary story of this experiment and traces the masks worn in the sacred initiation ceremony Haddon filmed. And, for the first time since Haddon himself publicly presented the work, his films are synchronised with the team's phonographic recordings. Australia History of Anthropology Film / Photography / Mass media Archival material / Museum displays Ritual