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The Lau of Malaita / Granada Television International ; produced and directed by Leslie Woodhead.

LIBRA VHS GN671.S6 L38 1994
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Woodhead, Leslie, 1937- director, producer.
Maranda, Pierre, 1930-2015, researcher.
Wason, David, researcher.
Shanachie Entertainment Corp., distributor.
Granada Television International, producer.
Series:
Disappearing world
Language:
English
Papuan (Other)
Subjects (All):
Solomon Islanders--Social life and customs.
Solomon Islanders.
Solomon Islanders--Social conditions.
Solomon Islanders--Cultural assimilation.
Solomon Islanders--Religion.
Solomon Islanders--Rites and ceremonies.
Christianity--Solomon Islands--Malaita.
Christianity.
Rites and ceremonies.
Religion.
Assimilation (Sociology).
Social conditions.
Malaita Province (Solomon Islands)--Description and travel.
Malaita Province (Solomon Islands).
Solomon Islands--Malaita Province.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videocassette (approximately 52 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
1/2 in.
polychrome
Other Title:
At head of container: Lau of the Solomon Islands
Place of Publication:
[Newton, NJ] : Shanachie Entertainment Corp., [1994]
Language Note:
English narration; English subtitles for indigenous dialogue.
System Details:
Videocassette release of a segment of the television series produced in 1987.
analog
magnetic
stereo
VHS
Summary:
The Lau have established an extraordinary way of life on and around their home island of Malaita, which is part of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. For hundreds of years, they have been safe from enemies and disease. Now, their "life of custom" is threatened by the spread of Christianity and ideas from the outside world.
Credits:
Anthropologist, Pierre Maranda; camera, Jon Woods; sound recordist, Ray French; rostrum camera, Simon Normington, Millard Parkinson, Neil Wieteska; film editor, Kimball Horton; research, David Wason.
Notes:
VHS; Stereo Hi-fi.
ISBN:
1566331404
OCLC:
31773855
Publisher Number:
755362092636
926 Shanachie Entertainment Corp.

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