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Films
found one film
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Country
“Indonesia”
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Country of production
“United States”
x
short films
1
x
Region
South-East Asia
1
Country
Indonesia
1
x
Keywords
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Reproduction (biology)
1
Directors
Asch, Patsy
1
Asch, Timothy
1
Connor, Linda
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
1
Country of production
Australia
1
United States
1
x
Year of production
1983
1
Film
The Medium is the Masseuse: a Balinese Massage
1983
31
‘
Directed by
Timothy Asch
Linda Connor
Patsy Asch
.
Jero uses massage and traditional medicines to treat Ida Bagus, who suffers from sterility and seizures. Through her treatment and her words, Jero reveals her conceptions of the human body, the nature of illness, the contrast between Western and traditional Balinese medicine, and the relationship between human beings and the cosmos.
South-East Asia
Health / Health care / Healing
Reproduction (biology)