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Films
4 Films
Region
“Melanesia”
x
Country of production
“Australia”
x
films with a digital version
1
Region
Melanesia
4
x
Country
Papua New Guinea
2
Samoa
1
Solomon Islands
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Land Rights
1
Marriage
1
Possession
2
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Social Conflict
1
Socioeconomic conditions
1
Directors
Croall, Heather
1
Hawkins, Russel
1
Kildea, Gary
1
Owen, Chris
1
Simon, Andrea
1
Series
not set
4
Country of production
Australia
4
x
Papua New Guinea
1
United States
1
Year of production
1999
1
2000
1
2001
1
2005
1
Film list
Bridewealth for a Goddess
2000
72
‘
Directed by
Chris Owen
.
A unique insight into a secret spirit cult among the Kawelka people in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea. After a dream, a clan leader initiates a long and complex ‘work’, when he and a
Melanesia
Ritual
Marriage
Possession
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
Paradise Bent. Boys will be Girls in Samoa
1999
51
‘
Directed by
Heather Croall
.
Paradise Bent is a fascinating and entertaining film that tells the story of the Samoan fa’afafines: boys who are raised as girls and take on the domestic duties performed by women around the home,
Melanesia
Gender Role and Identity
Sex / Sexuality
Since the Company Came
2001
52
‘
Directed by
Russel Hawkins
.
Set in the South Pacific, in a remote Solomon Islands village, ‘Since the Company Came’ is the story of a community coming to terms with social, cultural and ecological disintegration. When village
Melanesia
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Social Conflict
Socioeconomic conditions