The Mulberry is White and Ready for Harvest / Kuo hina e hiapo

Location:Tonga
Subject:Tapa; Textile fabrics; Social life and customs; social change
Length:27 minutes
Format:DVD; 1/2 inch VHS
Hue:Color
Year Released:2001
Series:
Director:Joseph and Melinda Ostraff
Producer:
Distributor:Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Library Code:UHM AV/C VIDEOTAPE 19489
Description:This documentary investigates the highly collaborative process of making tapa cloth (ngatu) in Tonga. Tapa is made from the bark of the paper mulberry tree. While the process continues to be passed on from generation to generation, there are signs of change as a cash economy begins to infiltrate Tongan life. Young people show less interest in such labor intensive endeavor in the face of the older generation's belief that this tradition will never die.Director of photography, Brian Wilcox; executive producer, Michael Van Wagenen. Narration in English, interviews in Tongan with English sub-titles.
Record No:2498
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