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Films
2 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Region
“Australia”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
films with a digital version
1
short films
2
x
Region
Australia
2
x
Country
Australia
2
Keywords
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Death
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
History of Anthropology
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Ritual
1
Directors
Eaton, Michael
1
Meriwether, Maria
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
not set
1
Country of production
United Kingdom
2
x
Year of production
2009
1
2010
1
Film list
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
Australia
History of Anthropology
Film / Photography / Mass media
Archival material / Museum displays
Ritual
Part of Us
2009
27
‘
Directed by
Maria Meriwether
.
For the Ngarrindjeri people, the living and the dead are connected through shared land and heritage. The preservation of this connection is at the heart of the community’s effort to repatriate the
Australia
Death
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples