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Films
7 Films
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Country
“Papua New Guinea”
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films with a digital version
7
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short films
2
Region
Melanesia
7
Country
Papua New Guinea
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Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
2
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Children / Young people
2
Death
1
Development projects
1
Everyday Life
2
Festivals / Carnival
2
Gender Role and Identity
1
Ritual
3
Rural
2
Social Change
1
Social Conflict
1
Directors
Arnott, Susi
1
Iteanu, Andre
1
Jerstad, Jon
1
Kapon, Eytan
1
Lewis, Ariane
1
Nairn, Charlie
1
Powell, Harry
1
Vávrová, Daniela
1
Wason, David
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
2
National Film and Television School
1
not set
4
Country of production
France
1
Slovenia
1
United Kingdom
5
Year of production
1952
1
1974
1
1988
2
1990
1
2002
1
2008
1
Film list
The Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea
1990
52
‘
Directed by
David Wason
.
The Trobriand Islands lie off the eastern tip of Papua New Guinea. The island society has a complex balance of male authority and female wealth. Magic spells and sorcery pervade everyday life.
Melanesia
Gender Role and Identity
Festivals / Carnival
Ritual
The Kawelka: Ongka’s Big Moka
1974
52
‘
Directed by
Charlie Nairn
.
Ongka is a charismatic big-man of the Kawelka tribe who live scattered in the Western highlands, north of Mount Hagen, in Papua New Guinea. The film focuses on the motivations and efforts involved
Melanesia
Ritual
Festivals / Carnival
Social Conflict
Garden Days: Village in Papua New Guinea
1988
25
‘
Directed by
Ariane Lewis
Jon Jerstad
.
A detailed account of domestic life in the Sepik area of Papua New Guinea, mainly from the women’s point of view. It describes their everyday activities in the ‘gardens’ in order to produce
Melanesia
Agriculture / Farming
Children / Young people
Ritual
The Carrot and the Stick
1988
44
‘
Directed by
Susi Arnott
.
When they retired from selling insurance and teaching, John and Irene Brown volunteered to work overseas under a British Aid programme. They were sent to expand a marketing project aimed at
Melanesia
Development projects
Agriculture / Farming
Rural
The Trobriand Islanders
1952
58
‘
Directed by
Harry Powell
.
During his field work in the region of Omarakana, H.A.Powell filmed various sequences from which the film is assembled. In spite of the technical handicaps under which he was operating — shooting
Melanesia
Everyday Life
Letter to the Dead
2002
62
‘
Directed by
Andre Iteanu
Eytan Kapon
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The film is about the encounter between tradition and modernity. In a small village of Papua New Guinea three exceptional men rival with each other in the field of rituals and artistic creation in
Melanesia
Social Change
Art / Artists / Artisans
Death
Enet Yapai – an Ambonwari Girl
2008
25
‘
Directed by
Daniela Vávrová
.
Enet Yapai was six years old when Vavrova met her for the first time in 2005 in Ambonwari village, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Between November 2007 and April 2008 she followed Enet and
Melanesia
Children / Young people
Rural
Everyday Life