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Films
2 Films
Keywords
“Possession”
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Series
“0”
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Year of production
“2000”
x
Status
“A”
x
films with a digital version
1
Region
Melanesia
1
South Asia
1
Country
India
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Keywords
Children / Young people
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Marriage
1
Possession
2
x
Ritual
1
Directors
Aaltonen, Jouko
1
Owen, Chris
1
Pakaslahti, Antti
1
Series
not set
2
x
Country of production
Australia
1
Finland
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Year of production
2000
2
x
Status
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
Kusum
2000
69
‘
Directed by
Jouko Aaltonen
Antti Pakaslahti
.
Kusum is a 14-year-old Indian girl. She lives and attends school in Delhi. Kaushal, her father, drives a motorised rickshaw and works his fingers to the bone to support his family. Sumitra, Kusum’s
South Asia
Children / Young people
Health / Health care / Healing
Possession