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Dani sweet potatoes / a film by Karl G. Heider ; with sponsorship from the Social Studies Curriculum Program of Education Development Center ; under a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Penn Museum Library - Media DVD DU744.35.D32 D36 2007
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Heider, Karl G., 1935- cinematographer, narrator.
Education Development Center. Social Studies Curriculum Program, producer.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, producer.
Documentary Educational Resources (Firm), distributor.
George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hubula (New Guinean people).
Ethnology--New Guinea.
Ethnology.
Sweet potatoes.
New Guinea.
Sweet potatoes--New Guinea.
Genre:
Ethnographic films.
Documentary films.
Short films.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (19 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Place of Publication:
Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, [2005]
Language Note:
English language voiceover narrative.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, all regions.
digital
optical
NTSC
video file
DVD video
all regions
Summary:
Follows the highly sophisticated process of sweet potato horticulture developed by the Grand Valley Dani in West New Guinea.
Notes:
Videodisc release of the documentary short motion picture produced in 1974.
"This film was shot in 1963 by Karl G. Heider, a member of the Harvard Peabody Expedition, as part of an ethnographic study of the Grand Valley Dani."--Opening frames.
Short bibliography on the Dani people on opening frames.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
OCLC:
61662579

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