Films

Film list

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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
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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
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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