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Taking pictures / Australian Film Finance Corporation presents a Vingan Pty Limited production ; written, produced and directed by Les McLaren and Annie Stiven.
Penn Museum Library VHS GN671.N5 T35 1996
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kildea, Gary--Interviews.
- Kildea, Gary.
- O'Rourke, Dennis--Interviews.
- O'Rourke, Dennis.
- Owen, Chris (Director)--Interviews.
- Owen, Chris.
- Owen, Chris (Director).
- Anderson, Robin, 1948-2002.
- Connolly, Bob.
- Interviews.
- Connolly, Bob--Interviews.
- Anderson, Robin--Interviews.
- Anderson, Robin.
- McMillan, S. (Stephen), 1955---Interviews.
- McMillan, S.
- Maden, Martin--Interviews.
- Maden, Martin.
- Dunlop, Ian--Interviews.
- Dunlop, Ian.
- Kolain, Kuman--Interviews.
- Kolain, Kuman.
- Motion picture producers and directors--Australia--Interviews.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Visual anthropology.
- Video recordings--Social aspects.
- Video recordings.
- Documentary films.
- Australia.
- Papua New Guinea.
- Documentary films--Papua New Guinea.
- Documentary films--Production and direction.
- Ethnology--Papua New Guinea.
- Ethnology.
- Video recordings--Social aspects--Papua New Guinea.
- Video recording in ethnology.
- Motion picture producers and directors--Papua New Guinea--Interviews.
- Visual anthropology--Papua New Guinea.
- Papua New Guinea--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (56 min.) : sound color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English narration and native dialects with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- Australian documentary filmmakers explore the issues and pitfalls of filming across cultural boundaries through interviews and samples of their films of Papua New Guinea including Trobriand Cricket, First Contact, The Shark Callers of Kontu, Joe Leah's Neighbors, Black Harvest, Cannibal tours, and others. It also covers the work of indigenous Papua New Guinea filmmakers and their own experience making sense of film and culture.
- Participant:
- Gary Kildea, Dennis O'Rourke, Chris Owen, Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson, Steve McMillan, Martin Maden, Ian Dunlop, Kuman Kolain.
- Credits:
- Camera, Les McLaren, Joel Peterson ; editors, Les McLaren, Melanie Sandford.
- Notes:
- "Produced in association with SBS Independent."
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 37714913
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