Location: | Papua New Guinea |
Subject: | Cultural identity; cultural revival |
Length: | 48 minutes |
Format: | 16mm; 3/4-inch Umatic |
Hue: | Color |
Year Released: | 1977 |
Series: | |
Director: | Chris Owen |
Producer: | IPNGS |
Distributor: | Ronin Films; DER |
Library Code: | UHM AV/C VIDEOTAPE 368; NFVLS |
Description: | Missionary zeal, tolerated and encouraged by the colonial government, was responsible for the near total destruction of Gogodala social patterns and artistic expression. A grant from the Australian government enabled the people to reconstruct a traditional longhouse as a cultural center. Presents many views on what the center represents and how change has vastly complicated the question of cultural identity. |
Record No: | 703 |
Resources: | Distributors's List |
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