Location: | Vanuatu |
Subject: | Documentary |
Length: | 1,464 feet |
Format: | Archival Film, 1/2-inch VHS |
Hue: | Color |
Year Released: | 1971 |
Series: | |
Director: | Kalmun Muller |
Producer: | |
Distributor: | Smithsonian HSFA |
Library Code: | Smithsonian HSFA 75.1.3 |
Description: | Footage shot by Kalmun Muller among the Bunlap. Documents an annual ceremony during which men dive from hundred-foot towers. Scenes include men selecting and cutting the vines used to arrest the fall of the divers; the technique by which the vines are fastened to the ankles; the workings of diving platforms; men climbing and diving from towers; and ceremonial dancing by women beneath the tower. The edited film The Land Divers of Melanesia was produced from this footage. Supplementary materials |
Record No: | 1424 |
Resources: | Distributors's List |
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