| Location: | West Papua |
| Subject: | Cross-cultural understanding, ethnography |
| Length: | 125 minutes |
| Format: | DVD |
| Hue: | color |
| Year Released: | 2008 (2001/2003) |
| Series: | |
| Director: | Stephane Breton |
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| Distributor: | Facets |
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| Description: | Anthropologist and filmmaker Stephane Breton lived among the Wodoni of West Papua, New Guinea, and produced two documentaries. Breton is interested in how the Wodoni see him, not in merely documenting their culture. This provides the premise for Them and Me (Eux et moi, 2001, 62 mins.). In Heaven in a Garden (Le ciel dans un jardin, 2003, 63 mins.), Breton returns to the village after several years, knowing that future trips will be impossible and that this is his last visit. In this nostalgic account, he explores the poetry and beauty of the little things and shares his perspective on a people he has grown to admire. In French and |
| Record No: | 3553 |
| Resources: | Distributors's List |
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