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Films
2 Films
Region
“Melanesia”
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Keywords
“Social Change”
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Status
“A”
x
films with a digital version
2
Region
Melanesia
2
x
Country
Papua New Guinea
1
Solomon Islands
1
Keywords
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Death
2
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Social Change
2
x
Social Conflict
1
Directors
Iteanu, Andre
1
Kapon, Eytan
1
Woodhead, Leslie
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
not set
1
Country of production
France
1
United Kingdom
1
Year of production
1982
1
2002
1
Status
Film list
The Lau of Malaita
1982
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
.
*Pierre Miranda and a team from Granada Television have made a fine film exploring the trouble realities of the people of the lagoon in the 1980s.* (B. Shore) This film focuses on the people of
Melanesia
Social Change
Social Conflict
Ritual
Death
Religion / Belief / Faith
Letter to the Dead
2002
62
‘
Directed by
Andre Iteanu
Eytan Kapon
.
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