Matai Samoa : Produced and directed by George MIlner.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Milner, G. B. (George Bertram), director, producer.

Kamu, Lalomilo, 1932- associated name.

Toren, Christina, 1947- associated name.

University of London. Audio-Visual Centre, producer.

Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, distributor.

Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chiefdoms--Samoan Islands.

Chiefdoms.

Rites and ceremonies--Samoan Islands.

Rites and ceremonies.

Manners and customs.

Samoan Islands--Social life and customs.

Samoan Islands.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Interviews.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 65 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

London : Royal Anthropological Institute, [1988]

Language Note:

In Samoan and English

System Details:

DVD ; PAL.

digital

optical

PAL

video file

DVD video

Summary:

"The film is a valuable treatment of archival footage that George Milner shot while conducting fieldwork in 1955 and 1959. The footage (18 minutes of the total film) focuses on the traditional Samoan way of life. Then the footage is discussed and analysed by Christina Toren, a South Pacific specialist, and Reverend Lalomilo Kamu, a Samoan scholar. The interview gives a rare opportunity to hear a scholar from the filmed group comment on and explain the symbolism behind the pictures."--Container

Participant:

Lalomilo Kamu, Christina Toren.

Credits:

Filmed by George Milner, edited by Kevin Brooks.

Notes:

"Studio production, University of London Audio-Visual Centre."

DVD release of the 1989 documentary.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

OCLC:

497820855