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Tongan ark by Paul Janman
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Political aspects--Tonga.
- Education.
- Teachers--Tonga.
- Teachers.
- Genre:
- Documentary films
- Ethnographic films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (70 min.))
- Place of Publication:
- [S.l.] Privately Published 2012
- Language Note:
- In English
- System Details:
- digital
- video file
- Summary:
- Tongan Ark is an experimental documentary film and an example of ethnography as intervention from the Pacific. Operating on multiple levels, this is an ethnographic film that is boldy politicised but still poetic and indirect. Ancient philosophy, opera and Tongan culture come together in this intimate portrait of a teacher, his school and his people as they navigate a sea of repression and doubt in a small but troubled Pacific island kingdom. The film is intensely local but it also contains metaphors that reflect the global political-economic climate
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed September 16, 2014)
- OCLC:
- 891667373
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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